Chapter 17 The 17th round of walking in the wilderness to hide the bandits and enter the castle, the strong man resists the ring attack

Last night, Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang, Wuying'er Wei Lian, and Iron Spear Zhou Jilong were carrying nine cigarettes, each playing their own ideas.Zixuanfeng and Wuying'er sneaked outside first, secretly inquiring about the situation in Laoyubao.Only Zhou Jilong held his breath and didn't inquire about anything. When night fell, Zixuanfeng and Wuying'er secretly winked and made an appointment; Zhou Jilong saw it and pretended not to understand.After waiting for the second watch, Min and Wei stood up, and Zhou Jilong also sat up quietly, and wiped Qiao Mao's face with a handkerchief.Qiao Mao pretended not to be asleep, Zhou Jilong jumped off the ground.Min and Wei laughed softly and said, "Third brother, do you want to go together?"

Zhou Jilong said: "You two still want to hide it from me?" The three of them laughed secretly, cleaned up neatly, and left the shop together. The three of them believed that Qiao Mao was a troublemaker, hated him, and refused to date him; fearing that he would follow him secretly, the three of them didn't go straight to the castle, but went into the slant.The three of them started the night walking technique, and in an instant, they crossed the field path and rushed to a forest.Suddenly, he saw a red light hanging in the woods; Wu Ying'er was moved in his heart, and hurriedly told Min and Zhou Zhou, and the two looked closely, and said in a low voice, "There seems to be someone in the forest." The three were looking around wonderingly; In the forest, several flag fires flew out, and in an instant several fire lights ran wildly.After a while, three flags were flying again.When there was no sign, he wanted to go over to check, Zhou Jilong said: "This is probably a trap set by the thief, let's leave him alone, let's step around the castle."

Among the three of them, Zixuanfeng was the fastest, and it was okay to have no shadow, but Zhou Jilong was a little behind.But Zi Xuanfeng kept room and did not rush.The three of them walked together and walked three or four miles in one breath. The dark shadows in front of him are very thick, and there are pieces of green gauze tents connected together, and there is a bamboo forest on the right.Where the night wind blows, I suddenly hear Lin Hou "bang bang bang, bang bang bang", it seems that there is the sound of beating watchmen.It is a miracle that there are watchmen in this wilderness.The three escorts couldn't help standing still, looking around, thinking: "Behind the green gauze tent, is there a village?" They informed each other, crossed the bamboo forest diagonally, and continued to move forward.Suddenly, the banging sound stopped, and two figures rushed out from behind the forest, covering the road, and shouted sharply, "Who are they?"

Zi Xuanfeng stopped and looked sideways, looking at the person coming.I couldn't see clearly in the dark, but I could only tell that the two men were all in short clothes, one with a jacquard gun and the other with a short knife, which looked like watchmen.Zhou Jilong, Iron Spear, answered first: "The one who walks." He ignored it and rushed forward.The two people on the opposite side suddenly shouted: "Stop! I know you are walking. Where are you going?" Without thinking about it, Wuyinger replied, "Go to the Bao family's compound." Without saying a word, suddenly three or four figures rushed out from behind the bamboo forest, all unleashing their weapons, blocking the road.The leader suddenly fiddled with the object in his hand, but it turned out to be a Kongming lantern; he opened the door of the lantern, and the yellow light shot straight towards Zi Xuanfeng, Wu Ying'er, and Zhou Jilong.One of them yelled sharply: "Stop, don't move, what are you doing?" Another person yelled: "Ha, this kid still has a murder weapon. Hey! Raise your hand, don't move!" One said: "We have to search them, they must be bandits!"

Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang, Wuying'er Wei Lian, and Tie Mao Zhou Jilong were all surprised a moment ago, and then suddenly realized.The few people who stopped the way for interrogation were all armed with knives and guns, and their accents were not from Jiangbei, and two of them clearly spoke in Guandong dialect.Zixuanfeng snorted through his nostrils, and while answering correctly, he drew his knife back and said: "Good friends, don't come here for now. I want to ask you first, what do you do? Why do you want to search us?" ?” The man on the other side laughed maniacally and said: "How bold, this kid is questioning us? Let me tell you, men have their own reasons to search you. What's your surname?" Before he could finish a word, he suddenly heard a "swish", that The man with the flower gun shot Min Chengliang from the side without saying a word.

Min Chengliang's hands were quick, and Wu Ying'er's hands were even faster. He rushed over with a "swish", and with a "shua", he parried the flower gun.The man with the gun leaned over, stepped back in a hurry, and suddenly picked up the gun again.Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang swung the gossip knife and knocked it out; the back of the knife turned again and slapped the enemy. The back of the knife hit the enemy's shoulder, and the man grunted in pain, and fled back with a "swish".Immediately, the five people in front of them shouted in an uproar: "Bandit, bandit! He resisted arrest and wounded someone! Come on buddy, catch him!" "Zhi Zhi" whistled.Two more people ran out from behind the green gauze tent, a total of seven people, swung their knives and guns, and suddenly surrounded the three bodyguards.Iron Spear Zhou Jilong swung a bamboo whip, Wu Ying'er swung a pointed knife, Zi Xuanfeng swung a thick-backed eight-diagram knife, all rushed forward, and immediately fought against the enemy.

Although the Three Escorts did it, they were still a bit suspicious; but after meeting each other, they knew that these people must not be from the Xiangtuan.These few people leap like flying, and they can actually be very good at night movement. Of course, they are the thieves of the earth castle.Zixuanfeng guessed that the person holding the single sword and the Kongming lantern might be the leader of the bandit gang; "To capture the thief, first capture the king", as soon as he handed the Eight Diagrams Sword, he immediately unfolded the "Eight Hands Opening Mountain Sword", advancing forward to deceive himself, and specifically attacked this person .

The enemy flashed and moved, and with a folding iron knife, he dismantled five hands in a row.At the sixth move of "Rat Peng Spreading Wings", Zi Xuanfeng shouted: "Here!" As soon as the saber technique was tightened, the enemy closed a move a little later, and the flash turned a little bluntly. superior.The enemy let out a cry, staggered and took three or four steps, and "thumped" and fell beside the green gauze tent. As soon as Zixuanfeng unfolded his gossip knife, he wanted to hunt down the fugitives; in the shadows, three more enemies rushed out and invited Min Chengliang to rob him.Min Chengliang hurriedly slashed the gossip knife, and fought with the three bandits again.Wu Ying'er held a pointed knife and attacked the group of bandits, and defended against three or four people with the iron spear on his back.

Zhou Jilong's skill on horseback is strong, at this time he is holding a bamboo whip, and he is parrying with the enemy with a knife and a gun.Iron Spear shouted Zhou Zhou, and the whip sank violently, knocking the enemy's knife away.In the shadows, he was almost stabbed in the chest by the enemy's flower gun, but fortunately he ran to the side and just dodged. There was no shadow before they fought against three people. At this time, there was only one enemy left, and those two rushed to Zixuanfeng.Wuying'er suddenly felt loose, and he used the twelve-way "rolling sword technique", and confronted the enemy with a single sword in front of him.Suddenly there was another cry, and Zixuanfeng stabbed another enemy.Following Iron Spear, Zhou also seized the enemy's gun and beat him with a steel whip; the enemy let go, abandoned his weapon and fled.That is to say, less than a dozen times, the Three Escorts already had the upper hand.Only Wu Yinger met a strong enemy.Night battles are no better than day battles, and I dare not fall in love for a long time.Wu Ying'er tightened the knife in his palm, and used the hob knife to perform four moves in a row, "Stealing the peach at the bottom of the leaf", "crossing the line with the golden needle", and withdrew the move outwards, unexpectedly smashing the enemy's knife; with a sound of "dang", Dropped on the floor.The enemy "turned the kite over" and ran out in a hurry; Wei Lian stomped his feet, kicked him straight, and fell straight far away.

The three bodyguards immediately separated from three sides and rushed towards the enemy.The few people who called themselves the village group shouted and fell into the wild forest.Iron Spear Zhou Babu rushed after him, an enemy turned around and raised his hand; Zhou Jilong couldn't dodge in time, a hidden weapon stuck to Zhou Jilong's left rib, pierced through his clothes. Zhou Jilong let out a cry and retreated.Wu Ying'er scolded: "Ghost kid!" He started to chase after him; Zi Xuanfeng hurriedly called him to a stop; the two retreated to look at Zhou Jilong together.Zhou Jilong said: "It doesn't matter, it didn't hit."

These enemies were defeated into the woods, when they were about to retreat, they didn't put down a word, but shot a few arrows from the forest towards the northwest sky.Wu Ying'er, Tie Mao Zhou and Zi Xuan Feng left the woods together, checked half a circle, and found that the culprit had disappeared without a trace.The three bodyguards will be together again, suspicious of each other.Wu Ying'er said: "These eight or nine people were probably thieves patrolling the wind and sentry, and they bumped into us on the way." Zhou Jilong said: "I'm afraid it's not right? There are eight or nine of them; how can you use these people for patrolling the wind? I'm afraid they deliberately invited us to rob us... Brother Min Xian, look! Tonight we will be at Li's house again. The gathering is speeding up, shall we go forward?" He said again: "However, since we come out, it seems that we have to look at the side of the castle, so that the trip is not in vain. Wei Xiandi, what do you think?" Wuying'er Wei Lian said: "I think so too, if I give up halfway, I'll give Master Qiao another tooth." The three rested their legs for a while and listened to the movement of the nearby green gauze tent.Empty and silent, only a breeze blows, the leaves rustle, and no human voice can be heard near and far.The three said together: "Go, let's move forward!" Zhou Jilong said: "The three of us don't walk side by side." Wu Ying'er said: "We have to be more careful on the way. This way, the thief is easy to resist, let's be careful of the hidden arrow!" Zixuanfeng said: "That's hard to say Let’s go ahead, little brother.” Wu Ying’er said, “Younger brother should clear the way; when we get to the old castle, Brother Min will fight in front.” The three bodyguards performed night walking kung fu again, "crane walking and deer crouching", and walked two or three miles along the path, the terrain became more dangerous.There are clumps of reed ponds in the barren forest, mixed with grain fields.The three bodyguards each held their weapons, raised their breath, and walked lightly, moving forward in a diagonal line. No shadow, Wei Lian took the lead, approaching a section of reed pond.Wu Ying'er turned around and said in a low voice: "Be careful here, I'll look ahead, Brother Zhou to the left, Brother Min to the right..." As he spoke, his feet didn't stop.As soon as I got to the edge of the reed, I heard a "swish" sound, and "swish" three arrows shot out towards the northwest. The Third Escort was startled, he hurriedly turned his head up and looked up, there were several flag fires coming out from behind the reed pond.Wuying'er cried out in a low voice: "There is a big bastard hiding here." With a sound of "shua", a black shadow rushed out from behind.This black shadow landed in front of the Three Bodyguards swiftly like a flying falcon. Wuying'er Wei Lian stepped back and raised his knife, looking sideways.Before he could see clearly, he suddenly heard the black shadow shout: "Where are you going? Hit!" I don't know what hidden weapons they are, and they hit three people separately; the three bodyguards suddenly dodged.The black shadow leaped again, even the man and the weapon came down, carrying a gust of cold wind, and rushed towards him without a trace. Wuying'er took a step back, and sealed the door with his knife.Only then did he realize that the person who came was a nocturnal traveler in short black clothes, with a pair of heaven and earth sun and moon wheels in his hands, and smashed them down on Wei Lian's head.Wu Ying'er raised his spirits, and shouted: "Good time!" Stepping up to the left, avoiding the front of the thief, he stretched out the sharp knife in his hand, "pushing the boat along the current", and slashed at the enemy's left rib.The enemy suddenly backed up to the right, and fell down again.It turned out that a hidden weapon suddenly struck from behind Wu Ying'er, which was issued by Zixuanfeng.This enemy is so agile, he is quite different from the few people he met before. Wu Ying'er took the opportunity to lean forward, and the sharp blade pierced the enemy's upper body.I saw the enemy turn around in a swish, the sun and moon wheel in his left hand hung out, and the sun and moon wheel in his right hand pointed towards Wei Lian's "Hua Gai acupoint".With a flash of Wei Lian, the sun and moon wheel on the enemy's right hand was cut in half. Zhou Jilong, Iron Spear, and Min Chengliang, Zixuanfeng, were all furious.As soon as the two jumped, they both followed up; without making a sound, the bamboo whip and the Eight Diagrams knife came to attack the enemy.The enemy jumped suddenly and shouted: "Hey, come on!" With a swing of the two wheels, he attacked again.Behind the reed pond, there was a chaotic sound of "shua, shua, shua", and three night walkers rushed out in response to the sound;Iron Spear Zhou Jilong shouted: "What are you doing? Blocking the road and robbing people, what's the point?" The three night walkers replied in unison: "Friend, do you have eyeballs? What do you think your grandfather is doing?" Iron Spear Zhou scolded angrily. Said: "I think you look like bandits!" The man who made the sun and the moon scolded: "Blind slaves! You three are clearly bandits, how dare you pretend to be a good person?... Come on guys, take these three Catch a seedling and bury it alive!" As soon as he jumped up, the sun and moon wheels hit Wei Lian on the head. Wuying'er Wei Lianhuo flashed away, and said with a sneer: "You shameless stinky thief! You are simply a thief under Leopard's subordinates, and you still pretend to be a villager? Don't show your mother's eyes, men won't eat you This!" With a raised knife, he stabbed at the heart, hitting one place with two rounds and one knife.Min Chengliang and Zhou Jilong arrived with swords and whips, and fought with the three people who came out after that. These three enemies, one tall, one fat, and one short, were armed with a single knife, double hooks and a seven-section whip.Long and short, soft and hard, very difficult to deal with.Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, tightened the thick back saber in his palm, and unleashed the sixty-four-way eight trigrams saber; extremely fast and violent, he tried his best to block the two bandits with the saber and whip.Iron Spear Zhou Jilong held a bamboo whip and fought with the double hooks on the tiger's head.His bamboo whip is not as proficient as his iron spear, especially in night battles.But he has strong hands and great physical strength, enough to support the enemy.Of the three enemies, only the one who uses the seven-section whip is fierce, and the other two are only assistants; so even though there are three to four, it is impossible to tell the difference between the good and the bad. Unexpectedly, Wei Lian met Jinshou again.The enemy's pair of sun and moon wheels are outer weapons, designed to snatch the opponent's weapon; as long as they are bitten by the crescent inside the wheel, just twist or flick, the opponent's weapon is ready to attack.Wu Ying'er knew the power of this weapon early on, and in order to deal with a strong enemy, he hastily launched a delicate kung fu; jumping high and low, taking advantage of the gap, flying the sharp knife up and down, following the light body technique, just wanting to throw it The thief is entangled.The sword technique blindly blocks and blocks, and the body technique blindly squeezes and leans against each other.After walking back and forth for more than a dozen rounds, the weather was hot and dry, and I was already sweating from exhaustion. The thief's pair of sun and moon wheels were taught by famous masters, and there are a total of seventy-seven forty-nine hands; when used, there are key points of collapsing, blocking, cutting, smoothing, hanging, sealing, closing, locking, cultivating, and holding the cross.Although the enemy is not perfect enough, but his moves are light and agile, and he has mastered the key.I saw that he let go of his moves, attacking and defending, advancing and retreating, squandering freely, very fierce. Wu Ying'er dealt with more than a dozen moves.Suddenly, Iron Spear Zhou yelled, and there was a "clank", the enemy's pair of tiger-headed double hooks failed to catch Iron Spear Zhou's steel whip, and Iron Spear Zhou's steel whip hit the enemy's crescent hook.If it wasn't for the hook's guard, the thief's left hand hook would have to be released.But this time, the thief suffered even more. With a cry, he rushed down with a "swish", and the back of his left hand and the tiger's mouth were in great pain.Iron Spear Zhou shouted loudly, and chased after him with a whip.The thief who made the seven-section whip hurriedly threw the purple whirlwind and stopped the iron spear around.At the moment, the seven-section whip and the bamboo-section whip were whipped together. Zixuanfeng's Eight Diagrams Saber, tumbling and tumbling, is powerful against the two bandits, with no defense; Iron Spear Zhou defeated, and the enemy suddenly decreased by one; ", said in a voice: "Go!" The single-handed enemy retreated with the wind of Zixuanfeng's sword.Although he couldn't see clearly in the shadows, he must have been injured when he heard the movement. Zixuanfeng laughed loudly and said: "Such a piece of shit, you still want to rob here?" Put away the knife and look anxiously, the bamboo-jointed whip around the iron spear and the seven-jointed whip of the enemy, one whip with a long wind, one whip The steel rings clattered and clattered together, and the fight was very fierce.Looking at Iron Spear Zhou's martial arts, it was more than enough.Look at Wei Ying'er, his single sword is not an opponent of the sun and the moon; he only has flashes and maneuvers, and he dares not cut and chop.From the point of view of the weapon alone, it has the upper hand. Zixuanfeng swung the Eight Diagrams Knife, and wanted to go to help Wei Lian; suddenly, Wuying'er deliberately sold an opening, "raised the fire to burn the sky", raised the blade upwards, and stabbed the thief in the face.The thief's sun and moon wheel flickered, and he came to look for Wei Lian's knife.Wei Lian hurriedly withdrew his move; the sun and moon wheel in the thief's left hand "spring clouds are unfolding", made another advance in a hurry, and shouted decisively: "cut!" . Wei Lian slanted to the side, turned around and rushed forward, just avoided the wheel front with his sharp knife, and rushed to the enemy's left side.This move was as fast as lightning, almost touching the thief.Desiring to succeed in the adventure, this knife will surely pierce the thief's left weakness.Who knows that the enemy's weapon is really powerful!The sun and moon wheels pushed outwards, it was a false move; but with half a turn of the body, suddenly lost, the left hand wheel unexpectedly hit the sharp knife sheath. Wei Lian secretly thought it was bad, and hastily withdrew his knife.Unexpectedly, the enemy's move was false, the right hand wheel was swung up at this time, and with all the strength in his body, he slammed down violently, with a sound of "dang", like sparks bursting out.Wei Lian's right hand went numb, and the sharp knife was thrown to the ground.The enemy's sun and moon wheel took advantage of the situation and pushed it straight to the door. Good William!The situation has been defeated, and the mind is not in a state of confusion; suddenly, he put his feet on his feet, leaned his face back, and "swish" backwards for more than a foot.In his busy schedule, he had already found a piece of migratory locust stone with his left hand.The thief was so ruthless, he swung the sun and the moon, and said, "Where are you running?" "Shua" in the shape of a "dragon", as fast as an arrow off the string, he chased after him. At this time, Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang had just rushed to the front, and shouted sharply: "Hey, look at the trick!" With a swing of the thick-backed Bagua knife in his right hand, "sweeping thousands of troops", he invited the enemy to attack from the side.With a flick of the knife, he swung the chicken paw with his left hand and flew to catch the thief who made the sun and the moon in a leisurely manner.The thief flickered, Wei Lian raised his hand, and the locust stone came out; with a "pop", it just hit the thief's left cheek. This was a burst of urgency, which made the two-wheeled thief's cheeks swell and his teeth broken. With a sound of "Oops", he turned his head and ran into the reed pond. stop. Wuying'er Wei Lian took advantage of the retreat of the enemy, flew to the place where the knife fell, picked up the knife first, and turned around to meet Iron Spear Zhou.The enemy who made the seven-section whip was very obedient. Seeing that his party was fleeing one after another, he exerted all his strength, shook the seven-section whip, and shouted: "Lie down!" round. No matter how powerful you are, what kind of weapon you use, you have to use "plucking onions from dry land" to avoid this move.Iron Spear Zhou jumped up hastily.The enemy turned over with a "monster python", and "swish" the ground without dust. After several strokes, he had reached the edge of the reed pond, turned his head and sneered, "Second uncle will not accompany you! The boys stretched their necks, and sooner or later they will be next to the second uncle. Uncle's knife." Iron Spear Zhou Jilong shouted angrily: "Don't go, thief boy!" He jumped forward and chased after him.When the body was falling together, the enemy suddenly raised his hand, and with a sound of "Gordon", a gust of cold wind rushed towards the iron spear and hit it.Tie Spear Zhou quickly lowered his head, and with a "swish", a sleeve arrow hit his scalp.Tie Mao was so shocked that Zhou was in a cold sweat, and when he looked at the enemy, he had already submerged in the reed pond. The shadowless Wei Lian and Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang also rushed over.The three of them dispersed and sneaked along the reed pond to search the past.Listening to the sound of the target, the reeds and stalks are swaying, and the enemy seems to be running to the northwest and retreating.The three bodyguards would be together, Wu Ying'er felt ashamed, and said to Zi Xuanfeng, "Brother Min, thank you so much." Min Chengliang said: "My brother, why be polite?" Discuss with each other, stop chasing the enemy, and still explore the fort.After bypassing the reed pond, the three of them walked slowly, and Quan Dai rested.Walking out of the two arrows, they greeted each other, bent their waists, and galloped again.Just after walking more than two miles away, I suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses behind me, mixed with whistling.The three of them couldn't help looking back, even though they didn't say anything, they all felt that the future was getting tighter and tighter. All of a sudden, the sound of hooves was approaching, and Wei Lian secretly pulled Min and Zhou Zhou in the dark, and immediately went into the green gauze tent, holding his breath to watch the people coming from behind.In the blink of an eye, two fast horses, one in front and the other in the back, galloped along the road from behind, and rushed towards the castle.The three of them did not move for a while, allowing the sound of hooves to go away, and then heard the whistle, they were still behind, but they seemed to be heading eastward. After a while, Wu Yinger came out, and said to Tie Mao Zhou and Zi Xuanfeng in a low voice: "What do you guys think? The thieves set up ambushes every step of the way, why don't we?" Zi Xuanfeng thought silently, and asked Tie Mao Zhou Jilong said: "What do you think, third brother?" Tie Maozhou bit his lower lip and said: "Rush! It doesn't matter where you rush, if you really can't get through." Zixuanfeng was tall, raised his feet and looked north: "But, you two, look, the old castle There’s a flashing light beside it.” Wuying’er said, “Is that so? … But let’s go over and have a look, just be careful, don’t fall into it.” The three of them immediately lifted their spirits, walked for the second time, did not take the right path, and moved forward in a zigzag manner, and soon found the big mud pond.Going forward again, a thick black and foggy shadow spread far to the northwest, which looked like an old castle; but there was a little yellow light shining on the thick shadow.The Three Escorts hid behind a few old trees in the wild forest, and looked forward.It seems inconvenient to walk straight from the standing place, because there is a large open space in the middle.It doesn't work on the south side either, it's a dirt road.This needs to go around to the north and northwest. Wu Ying'er opened a pair of round eyes, met each other, gestured to his partner, and then slid north along the track and field trail in the barren forest.But it was not far away, "Bang bang bang, Huang Huanghuang!" There was another bang gong patrolling at night, just coming from the north.Listen to the watch, it is the fourth watch.The Three Escorts felt strange, why did it take more than one time in such a blink of an eye? The three bodyguards didn't want to show their faces, so they hurriedly retreated, wanting to return to the wild forest, but it was too late.Just in front of the track and field trail, the three of them squatted down and hid in the grain field, half an arrow away.Suddenly heard the voice of the watchman: "Hey! In the middle of the night, sticking your head out, what are you doing?" Zi Xuanfeng only said that his whereabouts had been revealed, he stood up, drew his saber back, and was about to flee.Wuying'er Wei Lian hurriedly pulled him back, and whispered in his ear: "Don't be in a hurry, brother, listen again." Tie Mao Zhou also said: "Maybe it's a lie." Crouch down. Unexpectedly, the three of them muttered like this, the beating of the gong stopped suddenly, followed by the sound of vertical jumping, and a black shadow flickered.Then from the other end of the track, two yellow lights shot out, which were Kongming lanterns again.The light turned like a wheel, and disappeared in a flash; several arrows swished out immediately, and three people rushed past.They are all in Tsing Yi and short attire, each holding a sharp knife and rushing towards this side. Wu Ying'er said badly in secret, and said to Min and Zhou Zhou, "This is their trick." Zixuanfeng glanced again, and whispered to his companions: "Yes, it must be the card..." It is close to the ancient castle, if it shows signs, it will be bad if the people in their castle can communicate with the people on the card; It is even more difficult to explore the fort.Zixuanfeng said: "Retreat!" Wuying'er was the first to slither and retreat, and Min and Zhou also hurriedly retreated. This time, he was fooled by others.The enemy blocked all the way to the northwest with a bang, a gong, and a few loud arrows. Zixuanfeng and the others didn't take it seriously when they heard the three or four dozen watchers searching and cursing.Still making up our minds, everyone turned to the west; there was no one in the west.Tie Mao asked thoughtfully: "Is there a fourth watch at this time?" Zixuanfeng shook his head and said: "Not sure." Iron Spear Zhou Jilong said: "I didn't even think about it." Wuying'er said: "It will be around three o'clock, we only have one more day to do." Zixuanfeng said: "Hurry up and enter the kiln!" After saying that, he looked carefully at the old castle, there was no one inside or outside the castle, but he picked out a red light from inside, like a red light for Chinese New Year.The three bodyguards did not care about it, and they appeared one after another, and went straight to the west of the castle.In the blink of an eye, they arrived outside the castle wall, tiptoed, walked half a turn, watched carefully, made a decision, and the three of them jumped over the dry ditch in two places. The broken gate of the old castle is still open, the three bodyguards leaned over to peep, there is no ambush outside, and there is no movement inside.Zixuanfeng gave Wuying'er a hand, and jumped up the earthen wall without entering the castle gate; Wuying'er followed and jumped up.Iron Spear Zhou Jilong's flying skills were a bit weak, his body was heavy and his feet were heavy, he stepped back a few steps, stomped his feet forward, and tried his best to jump up. There are crenels on this earthen fence and there are shifters inside. When it was first built, it had good anti-theft equipment.The Third Escort leapt up the road, and hurriedly leaned down, without jumping up, and hurriedly opened his eyes to look around.There are about one or two hundred houses in the fort.In the black shadows, it is not clear, they seem to be divided into ten or twenty courtyards, most of which are collapsed.The red lantern stood in the East Courtyard.All the courtyards were quiet and dark, and there were no lights on the watchtower in the castle.Zixuanfeng pulled out the Eight Diagrams Saber, bowed his waist and took the lead, walked on the shift, peeped half a turn, and there was no sound at all, not even a dog barking.The three bodyguards became suspicious, this was simply an empty plan. It was more than three o'clock, and the galaxy was brilliant.There is a north-south gravel corridor in the middle of the fort, and two rows of houses in the east and west.Wu Yinger Wei Lian followed the Zixuanfeng deep into the castle, leaving Zhou Jilong with an iron spear to hide on the West Geng Road in Tuweizi, behind the crenel, teaching him to patrol the wind.Then Zixuanfeng and Wuying'er went to the East Courtyard to test it out.The two remembered that the place where the light was turned on was the gate they had visited during the day.Although they suspected that the red light was set up strangely, the two still rushed to the red light. In a blink of an eye, there is still a distance of five or six zhang around the Jindong courtyard. If you want to look closely at the reality of the courtyard, you have to go down the road and jump up to the adjacent roof.Zixuanfeng pointed at the lamp, then measured the distance, and pointed at the bottom of the room, and whispered to Wuying'er: "Come down!" Wu Ying'er took out the asking stone and threw it down, with a "click", he knew it was on the ground.No Shadow Huo Di jumped down first; Zi Xuanfeng also jumped to the ground lightly.Pointing to the toes, the huge body flew off the string like an arrow, swished and rushed ahead of Wu Ying'er. Below the more aisle, there is an open space more than ten feet wide, which looks like a narrow aisle.The two hurried across the open space and jumped up a nearby earthen wall.The earthen wall has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is almost impossible to stand on it. With a little effort, it will fall to the ground.Holding their breath, the two gently jumped from the wall to the roof.Leaning behind the ridge of the house, he first looked into the yard, and then looked out to the aisle in the middle of the yard.Especially in the corners of the walls and alleys, be extra careful, fearing that the enemy may have an ambush. These are several small courtyards, gray-soil quadrangles; but the gables of each courtyard are connected.Some fell into disrepair and collapsed too much. Either there were houses but no roofs, or there were courtyards but no houses.The two bodyguards don't walk on flat ground, they only choose high places.With Zi Xuanfeng in front and Wu Ying'er in the back, he used the lifting technique and ran across several small courtyards. Zi Xuanfeng jumped from a short wall to a row of gray tile houses, and then jumped from the roof to the wall of another courtyard.When he stepped on the roof with his toes, he exerted all his strength, and despite his height and weight, he stepped on the gray tile house and collapsed it.Fortunately, he was agile, he slid his step hastily, and dodged suddenly, but he didn't fall, and the dust on the house suddenly fell into a pile. Zixuanfeng was so ashamed that he watched the movement with blinking eyes. The movement was not small, but the castle was still silent and there was no reaction.Wu Ying'er rushed over, and hurriedly said: "Brother Min, I'm light, let me speak in front." So Wu Ying'er was in front, and Zi Xuanfeng was behind, and the two of them surveyed half of the row of houses on the west side, and walked to the front. near the stables.Withdrawing back, he turned and jumped down the flat ground, crossed the north-south aisle, and jumped onto the row of houses to the east.A gust of wind passed by in the black shadow, and a voice was faintly heard; Wu Yinger listened eagerly, but disappeared again.In a hurry, he bent down and stopped, hiding behind the room; when Zixuanfeng came over, he pointed to the northwest and said in a low voice: "Brother, did you hear that?" Zi Xuanfeng said: "Looks like a neighing horse?" No shadow, he wanted to turn back and re-examine; Zi Xuanfeng stopped him, pointed to the red light in the East Courtyard, and said softly: "Let's take a look at that place first." Let's go." Wu Ying'er followed her advice, and walked behind the back hillside of a row of houses.After crossing several courtyard walls again and again, he was close to the gate of the tiger seat of the East Courtyard that he had seen during the day. The two bodyguards had already gone deep into the ground, they hurriedly stopped, back to back, leaned behind a small house in the east, only poked their heads out, and looked at the red light in the east courtyard.The red light was picked out by a long pole.The two of them had already visited half of the earth castle, and they seemed to have entered the land of no one.Zixuanfeng became more and more puzzled, could it be that the snooping during the day surprised the thief?Maybe they had fled before midnight?But they set up traps outside, not like fleeing. Zixuanfeng asked Wu Yinger what it meant, but Wu Yinger couldn't figure it out.Suddenly stood up, took out a stone, and wanted to hit it according to the red light; but the distance was too far, and I was afraid that I would not be able to hit it. The two of them had to cross another layer of courtyard; they didn't want to see a ray of light suddenly appearing on the opposite roof, just one floor away from the East Courtyard.Zixuanfeng's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly pointed it out to Wu Yinger.The two of them slipped across the house lightly, only to see clearly that the light came from the broken ridge at the corner of a row of south houses. Since there is no shadow, I want to go over to take a peek.Zixuanfeng looked at the layout of the house, and felt that jumping off the room and going up the room had to pass through a yard again.As long as there are lights, there must be enemies; it is not good to disturb the enemies, so I advise you to go to the East Courtyard first.Wei Lian said yes, and still walked along the row of north houses on the east side to the courtyard.When they got close, they crouched down and hid again, listening attentively and peeking closely, but they still found nothing. Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and I heard a horse neighing in the southwest again, more clearly than before.Wu Yinger gently pushed Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang.Min Chengliang said: "It's the horse neighing again, but there are a lot of dogs here, why can't you hear the barking?" Wu Ying'er said: "This is weird." Then he said: "Look, brother, it seems that there is no one in this compound. .” The two got up, just about to ask Jia Yong to move forward.At this time, there was only a courtyard on the first floor across the gatehouse.Turning around suddenly, a stream of flames suddenly shot out from outside the fort, another flag fire, and three flag fires flew up in succession.Wu Ying'er saw it first, and hurriedly told Zixuanfeng to take a quick look, and sure enough, the banner fire was shot from the ghost gate.Immediately after a loud "swish", another loud arrow was clearly shot.The two were stunned; quickly drew out their weapons, looked outside the fort, and waited for the change.However, after the fire of the flag and the sound of arrows, after a while, there was still no unexpected movement outside the fort.The hidden enemy didn't show up, the castle really seemed to be empty. Puzzled, the two of them informed each other, stood up with their knives in their hands, darted back and forth around the neighboring rooms in the East Courtyard, and did it twice.In the end, I couldn't bear it, tried to use the asking stone, and threw it "slap" into the East Courtyard, but there was no reaction for a long time.The two pondered, it can be said that they didn't see anything this trip, it was too boring to visit.Then they discussed in a low voice, and it was impossible to say that there was no one in the castle.The two decided to take a risk and defraud the thieves out, but to see how many of them there are.You can also pass the time and see if the winged leopard is here? Discussions have been made, but if there is a commotion, the three of them should get together in one place, not in two places.No Shadow, Zi Xuanfeng hurried back, looking for Tie Mao Zhou.They jumped down from the east row, across the aisle, and onto the west row.Suddenly they saw a bright light on the north side of the west row house, and the two of them simply searched for the light and went straight to the place where the light was shining. This transparent place is actually the roof of a dilapidated house.The two of them jumped up lightly. These are five broken tile-roofed houses. There is a hole the size of a bowl at the corner of the ridge.The two bodyguards hurriedly climbed up, leaned down gently, and looked in from the hole.The two of them felt that their movements were extremely light, and they didn't want the light in the room to suddenly disappear as soon as they probed.It was so dark inside that I couldn't see anything. Zixuanfeng and Wuying'er chatted quietly: "There must be someone here." Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard a strange laugh from inside the room and said: "Mom, what are you going to see! There is no one here, only Grandpa himself. To steal , go steal your mother’s ass, grandpa is only a dick!” (Ye Pi: The foul language is too good to describe.) It sounded like they were talking on the other side of the cave.Zixuanfeng and Wuying'er looked at each other and laughed: "He has lost his spirit!" The house cursed again: "Mom, poor house! The moment the mother leaves, it will fall to the ground. Don't you know that you are a grandfather? Get out, your grandma is waiting for you outside. If you want to steal, steal the rich, go here What are you doing here? I don’t know who to grab!” Suddenly, a strong light shines through the hole in the roof; it is a round light, which is clearly a Kongming lantern.Zixuanfeng hurriedly pulled it out of sight and said: "Beware of hidden weapons!" Before saying a word, "Gorden" was heard, and something was shot out, and it came out through the hole, it must be a sleeve arrow or a crossbow.Zixuanfeng smiled suddenly, held back, pulled Wuying'er with his hands, and said in a soft voice: "Don't pay attention to him, let's go." He patted Wuying'er's leopard skin bag secretly, and the two of them each put their hidden weapons; As soon as the people in the house barged in, they gave him a sudden blow. Who knows that when an expert meets an expert, no one will be fooled by anyone.Hearing the sound of "swish", three loud arrows were shot from the black room.This is different from the sound of the arrows outside the fort. The three arrows just came out, and suddenly three arrows sounded "swish" from the watchtower on the watch tower.Following the east row, west row, east courtyard, and west hall, arrows sounded together; at the same time, "Dang Dang Dang" sounded a gong on the upper floor.Following a burst of barking, ten or twenty big dogs rushed out from a broken house in a broken courtyard, and immediately chased away people and barked wildly.At the same time, dozens of round lights of Kongming lanterns suddenly shot out from several broken courtyards; all of them only went to the corners of the roof and kept shining back and forth.But there is a section, only the light is shining, but no figure appears.There was not even a little movement in the gate tower of the tiger seat. Zixuanfeng Min Chengliang and Wuying'er Wei Lian felt that something was wrong, and immediately made up their minds to retreat; after checking each other, they hurriedly leaned over and retreated to the ridge.A group of dogs barked wildly on the walk in the castle, and the two of them could not get out of the room, so they bent down and snaked around; tried their best not to teach the Kongming lantern to shine on themselves. The two of them moved fast, walked lightly, and retreated a few feet away with a "shua shua".Looking back inside the fort, no one jumped up to the room to chase after him.No Yinger Wei Lian called Min Chengliang in a low voice, just about to ask a question; Zi Xuanfeng was tall and looked far away, and suddenly shouted: "No, lie down!" Suddenly there was a flash of fire upstairs, and the window sash opened and closed, "Shhh ”地射出一支响箭和数支弩箭来。更楼上果然有人。果然就看准了两个人的来踪和去路；那支响箭直照着二人的出没方向射来。 没影儿低骂了一声，与紫旋风伏着腰，顺着一排排的房屋，仍往南面退。退后不到十数丈，走尽房顶，须跳过一道墙，下穿一道小院。倏然北面不知从哪里又射过一支响箭来，“啪”的一声，落在两丈以外的屋瓦上。 紫旋风、没影儿脊背相倚，急张眼往四面寻着。箭的来路尚未寻明，忽看见西面堡墙根下不知从什么时候，也不知从什么地方，历历落落冒出七八个人影；一条线似的，横抄山墙，一声不响，捧刀而伺，竟把闵、魏二人的退路斩断。闵、魏二人要想跳下房，踏过平地，跃上土围子更道，逃出堡外。照这样，须从七八个人眼前绕过去。再不然，便须直下平地，径抢堡门；再不然，就得从斜刺里，翻堡墙跳出去。但不管怎样，闵、魏二人一出一入的行踪，确被堡中人盯住了；否则就是那更楼上的响箭跟着作怪。 夜行人的规矩，从哪道而来，还要从哪道而去，走熟路方免涉险。当下紫旋风很着恼，把八卦刀一顺，从房脊后直立起来，就要涌身上跳，硬往敌人面前闯。才一打晃，没影儿魏廉轻轻一嘘气吹唇，把闵成梁猛然揪住，道：“快蹲下，看对面！” “嗤”的一声，一道轻风，掠身飞来，跟着“啪哒”的一声响，敌人又打过来一件暗器。紫旋风急忙寻声看去，对面小院房顶上，一个人影一晃，竟学自己也伏在房脊后藏起来；只探头，不现全身，也不过来掩击。 地上一二十条恶狗，竟像嗅出气味似的，也冲着魏、闵二人潜身的房屋发威，一声声号叫，像要扑上来。紫旋风、没影儿怕受了堡中人的暗算，又恐中了埋伏。两个人忙又背对背，侧身蛇行，躲避敌人，往旁边另一处房顶退过去。 就在这时候，铁矛周季龙忍耐不住，突从堡墙更道上抽鞭现身，要赶来接应自己人。听锣声一起，铁矛周季龙料到紫旋风等必然有失，或竟被围；急忙走到更道垛口边上，往下探看，身子才离开堡墙垛口，全形毕露。西墙根七八个堡中人立刻看清，随即抡刀上前。“吱”的一声，连吹起胡哨，分一半人来阻路，分一半人从别的磴道上，抢奔堡墙更道。一贼喝骂道：“好贼！真敢捋虎须，把脑袋留下来！” 顿时四对一，和铁矛周季龙交手狠打起来。铁矛周力战四敌，这堡中的四个人竟很不济。头一个刚奔过来，被铁矛周一鞭，便将兵刃打飞。第二个、第三个奔过来接战，挡不住周季龙鞭沉力猛，也被打退。只剩了一个人，大呼进攻，武功特强。 铁矛周手脚松动，急抛敌夺路，寻找同伴。百忙中瞥见西排房上一高一瘦两人，水蛇似的由房顶弯腰奔来，猜是闵、魏二同伴，越发地且战且进，迎了过去。 更楼上的锣声，这时由连声敲动，忽改了五下一敲，六下一敲。这自然是发号令。紫旋风、没影儿思量着若要退得利落，必先诳敌一下。两个人遂不走原路，竟假装窜奔堡门。登房越脊，曲折飞行，佯投正南。忽然一支响箭过处，对面东排房两所破落的小院内，又窜跳出两个人。一在南，一在西南，也登墙上房，一扬手打出两件暗器来。 紫旋风、没影儿闪身躲开，顺手还打出两石子。两敌人一闪身，伏下去，竟隐在东排房脊后。闵、魏二人连忙又奔南跑，这两敌人忽又现身出来，如飞地也往南跑；隔着当中一条走道，追得很紧。内中一人出声叫骂道：“贼种，也不打听打听我们乡团的厉害！趁早滚下来受死吧，哪里跑？” 没影儿答了腔：“呔！爷们是借道的，跟你们贵地无干。咱们各走各路，少打搅，多睡觉，有你的好处。” 敌人狂笑道：“娘拉个蛋！你借道往人家房上跑？爷爷谁信你！这里是龙潭虎穴，进倒是好进，小子，我看你怎么出去！”紫旋风怒吼了一声，明白叫阵道：“太爷是打豹寻镖来的。打开窗子说亮话吧！快把豹子叫出来，太爷紫旋风要见识见识他！” 没影儿也应声叫道：“太爷上山打虎，下山打豹。狗种们有本领快施展，别弄出一群恶狗来，那不是英雄，那是狗熊！”紫旋风、没影儿止步障身，要听堡中人怎样答话。谁想那缀来的两个人也一伏腰，把身形藏起来，没一个肯答腔的。紫旋风和没影儿冷笑了一声，仍奔堡门跑去。回头瞧这两个人，竟不现身再赶；这二贼都霍地跳下房来，奔那虎座子门楼路去；口吹胡哨，喊出许多黑话来。闵、魏二人全听不懂。 紫旋风一拉没影儿，道：“狗贼奔回去，给豹子送信去了。”没影儿道：“也许……”两镖师特为留步，要看看劫镖的正主那只插翅豹子。但是这地方不稳，两人便猛翻身往回撤，不奔堡门了。 这一来，响箭随起，由四个地方发出四种信号来，都是响箭，响声各有不同。立刻由各院各处，散散落落冒出十几个人影来，只一露便即隐去，好像故意示给两镖师看：“这边有人不许进，那边有埋伏不许闯。”那群狗才可恶，一味地窜前绕后，逐影狂吠。 紫旋风如一阵风地扑回来，八卦刀一指原路，喊道：“往这边啊！” 紫旋风当前开路，霍地连窜过数层小院，循原路折回来。没影儿挺刀急随，转眼快到短墙边。黑影中，敌人纷纷惊动，许多暗器“飕飕”地横掠过来，斜打过去。 两个人的提纵术都够快的，冒着暗器，由房顶蹿下短墙；由短墙跃下平地，一直扑奔更道磴口。堡中人逐响箭，追后影。一声胡哨，从东排房当先跳下来三个人；西排房一所小院内，也从后墙头跳出五六个人来。 一人仗利刃，如飞追过来，大喝：“豹子来也！”这是个身材矮小的人，手握一把刀，斜剪二镖师的退路。更楼内也出来两人，绕更道，居高临下，把磴口把住，不教两镖师上来。那群狗一窝蜂似的，也由一贼唆唤着，由南北走道绕堵过来。 没影儿大喝一声，抡起翘尖刀；紫旋风的八卦刀横扫直劈，公然向堡中人丛猛冲；顿时由暗器遥击，转为双方肉搏。闵、魏二人互相掩护着，且战且走，辗转扑到西南角，抢到更道底下。更道上、更道下，孔明灯乱照；堡中人堵的堵，追的追。响箭掠空，追踪直射向西南角。这情形比方才紧张起来。 紫旋风、没影儿在墙根下咬牙狠斗。铁矛周在更道上一面打，一面连声呼唤；百忙中闵、魏二人应了一声。铁矛周道：“并肩子快快上，快快上，狗来了！”紫旋风奋勇一冲，竟抢上更道。八卦刀往上仰攻，本很吃亏；但是出乎意外的是这几个堡中人的武功竟这么乏，人数又这么少，竟不知是什么意思。 紫旋风挺刀一搠，更道上那敌人一枪刺来，被紫旋风一把夺住。较手劲，只一送，又一带，八卦刀复一送，敌人未及撒手，踉踉跄跄地扑下来。紫旋风刀背一转，喝一声：“去吧！”照敌人猛拍，敌人直栽下去。紫旋风夺枪在手，竟抢上更道四五级。忽地背后打来一镖，紫旋风回手一刀，把镖磕飞。 没影儿刚刚窜过来，正循台阶欲上；敌人凭空骤至，慌忙又退下来。那个自称豹子的矮小人物，把一口刀施展开，阻住没影儿，手法极快，倒是劲敌。没影儿奋力抵挡，勉强打个平手。铁矛周却又打倒一个敌人，飞奔过来，与紫旋风上下夹攻。更道上的敌人手忙脚乱，有好几个往平地跳下去。 紫旋风、铁矛周一齐大喊：“魏贤弟快上！”没影儿且战且呼：“并肩子快来，这是豹子！”那自称豹子的矮小汉子挥刀高叫：“太爷不含糊，我把你这一群臭贼……呔！你们快报个万儿来！” 三镖师到此不约而同，都不肯匿名姓，失身份。紫旋风第一个报道：“爷们有名有姓，紫旋风八卦掌闵成梁，相好的，你有胆，也报出来！”铁矛周、没影儿也说出姓名绰号，又齐声反诘对方。这个短小的豹子只连声冷笑，不肯直答，道：“太爷就是带翅膀的豹子，你们一群鼠辈，太爷不值得把万儿卖给你们，教你们家大人来！” 三镖师气得怒焰三丈，猜疑这豹子嗓音体格，似是少年，必非劫镖的真豹；只是他这气派也够狂傲的。闵、周二人已退到堡墙更道上，忿然要扑下来，攻散敌人，接应没影儿，好歹把这冒牌豹子毁倒，这一夜也不算白来。但两个人才要下来，更道上邀截的敌人忽然齐退，表面好像怯战；却蓦然从西排房上涌现数人，闪出三四张弩弓和两三盏孔明灯。 灯光一来一往，齐向闵、周二人照射来。那弩手就开弓扣箭，借灯光“唰”地照闵、周二人射来。紫旋风挥刀格打飞箭，急呼铁矛周留神，不料敌人三四张弩弓，竟集中放射，对准一个人的上中下三路，连发数箭，射完紫旋风，才又射周季龙。 周季龙挥鞭打箭，一下没磕好，竟失声一叫。紫旋风吃了一惊，忙奔过去，掩护着受伤的周季龙，一面急催没影儿速退。一霎时箭飞如雨，更道上立身不住；忽又听堡外快马奔驰之声，闵、周两人一翻身跳下土堡———堡中平地上只剩下没影儿一人。