Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Killing loyalty
As soon as the grass was pushed aside, the bloody smell rolled in. Sure enough, there was a person lying on the ground under the grass pile, already dead.Huo Xiaoxie was no longer afraid, and when he took a closer look, he couldn't help but gasped, the dead man in front of him was so bright! !It can be seen that Liang Ba was covered up very casually, mainly covering the upper body, if it is in daylight, it can be seen at a glance.
Liang Ba tilted his head, opened his eyes, his face was distorted, and his expression was both unwilling and terrified.Liang Ba's neck was dripping with blood, and the blood hadn't dried up, so it seemed that he hadn't been dead for too long.Huo Xiaoxie closed Liangba's eyes, and said the blessing of Amitabha Bodhisattva, Liangba, you deserved what you did, so go to reincarnation early.
Huo Xiaoxie closed Liangba's eyes, looked carefully at the wound on his neck, and then felt a thump in his heart. The wound on Liangba's neck was a round hole, bottomless, as if the whole piece of flesh had been crushed all at once. Dig out, and penetrate the throat.Huo Xiaoxie had seen this wound before, and the red clown in the robbery pass had the same wound on his neck when he died, it was exactly the same.
Huo Xiaoxie slowly raised his head, sighed, shook his head, and thought to himself: "This Liangba suffered the same injury as the red clown, because someone dug a hole in his neck. Could it be that it was all done by one person? Strange ah Liang Ba should have gone with Zheng Zedao and Pang Haowei. Could it be that Zheng Zedao and Pang Haowei jointly killed him? Or, was it the mysterious man who had an affair with the third aunt? Or the mysterious man was the murderer of the gangsters? The one who killed the red clown? But Zheng Zedao didn’t have an affair with the third aunt? Why did he kill Liangba, because Liangba wanted to rape the third aunt? This, this, that, that..."
Thinking of this, Huo Xiaoxie was overwhelmed with thoughts, and his mind was muddled.
Huo Xiaoxie scolded: "Damn it's really hard work! This Liangba deserves it! If you catch a pig, you should catch the pig. If you don't catch the pig, you'll have to fuck someone else's woman! It's no wonder if you don't die! You even snatched my red rope, what should I do?" ..."
Thinking of this, Huo Xiaoxie had a flash of inspiration, and secretly shouted: "I almost forgot the important thing." Huo Xiaoxie grabbed Liangba's body, turned it over, and reached into Liangba's arms, but there was nothing in Liangba's arms things.Of course Huo Xiaoxie was not reconciled, and took off Liangba's rucksack, turned it upside down, and found that it was also empty.Huo Xiaoxie finally touched Liangba's whole body, but still found nothing, as if everything on Liangba's body had been taken away.
Huo Xiaoxie cursed inwardly: "Who is so greedy to take away everything after killing someone? Nothing left? Is he still a thief? Killing people and robbing wealth can't be so clean. It's over, it's over, Hong The rope must have been taken away, and Liangba still knows where it is, but now it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, with no trace left.”
Huo Xiaoxie took a step back, with a heart of benevolence and righteousness again, and picked up the weeds covering Liangba's body, unwilling to see his body lying outside.Huo Xiaoxie covered it, and felt a huge hard object in the grass beside Liang Bajiao, and quickly grabbed it to see that it was Liang Ba's Feng Shui plate.
When Huo Xiaoxie saw Liangba's feng shui plate, he thought to himself: "Could it be that Liangba's things are just thrown here?"
Huo Xiaoxie didn't dare to hesitate, and groped around in the grass beside Liangba, and sure enough, he found a lot of things, including money bags, dry food, ropes, knives, etc. The bag and the red string of the third wife.
Huo Xiaoxie sighed, and thought: "The mission bag and the third aunt's red rope are important things in the competition for theft, and they are absolutely impossible to find." Huo Xiaoxie picked them up Gather things together, put them beside Liangba, and said to Liangba: "You can go to the ground and be safe. In the next life, you will be a good person, chop firewood and plant the land, and don't compete with the world."
Huo Xiaoxie covered up Liangba, there is a dead man lying here, don't stay here for long.Huo Xiaoxie was completely disheartened, thinking that since he couldn't find the red rope, what was he doing staying in the Wang's compound, he might as well leave the Wang's compound and admit defeat.
Huo Xiaoxie thought so, heaved a long sigh, and was about to climb out of the grass pit and leave.But just after Huo Xiaoxie had climbed a few steps, she suddenly heard the soft tinkling of a small bell next to her ear, which seemed to come from the small bell on the third aunt's red rope.Huo Xiaoxie suddenly stopped and didn't understand, moved his left and right hands around, but there was no sound, and moved his front and back feet around, still no sound.Huo Xiaoxie was surprised, could it be that he was hallucinating because he was always thinking about the red rope.
As soon as Huo Xiaoxie raised his head, the bells rang softly in his ears, this time Huo Xiaoxie heard it clearly, shaking his head violently, the bells kept ringing.
"Ha!" Huo Xiaoxie yelled softly, stretched his hands into the grass on one side of his body, and slowly pulled out a red string from under the grass roots. Several small bells on it kept ringing lightly, exactly three The red string around Auntie's waist!
The red rope returned to his hands, which was beyond Huo Xiaoxie's expectation, the joy in his heart was unparalleled, he wished he could jump to the ground, roar and dance wildly.
And Huo Xiaoxie held back her joy, and after slowly calming down, she felt that this matter was even more strange.The person who killed Liangba and threw the red rope aside must not have known that this seemingly ordinary red rope was the mission of Huo Xiaoxie, that is to say, Zheng Zedao and Fat Haowei would not have killed Liangba people.As for the mysterious man who was cheating on the third aunt, if he killed Liangba, he would never throw away the red rope. That is to say, only Kudeng Monk, Jia Ding B, Yan Chong, Sick Jar, and Nao Xiaobao are the murderers. , there is no doubt that A, D, and B are the most suspected.But why did Liangba come to Ximen and die in the grass pit where Zheng Zedao, Pang Haowei, and himself met last time?Maybe Zheng Zedao has already completed the task and is not interested in the red rope at all?Just throw it away?
Huo Xiaoxie patted himself on the head, stopped these boundless guesses, looked at the towering courtyard wall around the west gate in the distance, and said to himself: "Let's go now! Go over the courtyard wall around the west gate. Get out, leave this place of right and wrong, this is really not a place for people to stay!"
Huo Xiaoxie climbed out of the grass pit, touched towards the courtyard wall of the west gate, passed through several dilapidated houses, and the journey was peaceful.Huo Xiaoxie was in a good mood, he only thought that he would be successful if he could climb over the wall and leave the hospital as soon as possible, but he didn't know that a pair of eyes were looking at him from the window of a dilapidated house behind him.The eyes blinked and disappeared into the darkness. The window was pushed open, and two black figures the size of calves jumped out soundlessly from inside. They seemed to be two animals. With a fierce light, he chased Huo Xiaoxie away.
Huo Xiaoxie didn't realize it, and leaned against the wall looking for a convenient place to climb.The courtyard walls around the west gate are dilapidated. Although they have been repaired a lot, there are still many peeling spots on the walls. Huo Xiaoxie didn't spend much effort to find a wall full of cracks from top to bottom. With Xiaoxie's wall-climbing skills, it doesn't take too much effort to climb this wall as if walking on flat ground.
As soon as Huo Xiaoxie climbed onto one hand, he felt a noise in the back of his head. When Huo Xiaoxie looked back, he was so frightened that he was scared out of his wits, and saw two black shadows rushing forward one after the other, neither shouting nor shouting. It seemed that there were two huge animals, and they were about to pounce on themselves.
Huo Xiaoxie's throat tightened, and he desperately wanted to climb up, but it was already too late, with a whoosh sound behind him, a giant beast jumped up, opened its big mouth and bit directly at Huo Xiaoxie's thigh, its mouth full of fangs , the cold light is shining, if this bite is bitten down, half of the leg can be bitten off.
Huo Xiaoxie let out a muffled snort, and raised her feet to avoid the bite.The giant beast missed a bite, and its head hit the wall with a loud bang.Huo Xiaoxie clasped the wall tightly with both hands, couldn't bear it anymore, and cursed in his heart: "I'm unlucky, what kind of monster did I recruit!"
Another giant beast jumped up after him, jumping even higher, biting Huo Xiaoxie's head with its bloody mouth, Huo Xiaoxie, whose mouth was full of stinky thorns, felt disgusted.Huo Xiaoxie couldn't climb any further, if it was still hanging on the wall, he couldn't bite his head, but he had to bite his back, it's not a joke, it would kill him.
Just when the giant beast's big mouth was about to bite Huo Xiaoxie's head, Huo Xiaoxie tilted his head and jumped off the wall.Even though the huge beast was in vain, its claws the size of a cow's hoof scratched wildly, and one claw grabbed Huo Xiaoxie's back, stabbing and ripping off his clothes.
Huo Xiaoxie felt a burning pain in his back, knowing that he had been scratched.Huo Xiaoxie rolled on the ground, another giant beast opened its mouth and was about to bite, only then did Huo Xiaoxie see clearly that the monsters attacking him were two big dogs with black hair and heads as big as cows. It's more ferocious than an ordinary dog, and more like a lion cub.
These two animals are exactly Zhang Siye's two leopard dogs, named Erzhuozi and Sanjiaozi. The one that bites Huo Xiaoxie's head is called Three Chews.
The second chewer opened his mouth to bite Huo Xiaoxie. Huo Xiaoxie was a thief in Fengtian and was chased by vicious dogs a lot, but this is the first time for a vicious leopard dog with a huge body, quick movements, and silent attacks See you.
Huo Xiaoxie doesn't have the time to think about it, he only knows that the dog's nose is the key point, and when hitting a dog, the nose must be hit first.When Huo Xiaoxie rolled down the wall, he was already prepared. As soon as he fell to the ground, he grabbed half of the green brick from the broken brick floor.Seeing that the second chewer came to bite with his big mouth, he swung his arm round and hit the dog's nose with a brick. The brick attacked violently, and the hit second chewer's head was deflected, and he rolled to the side, failing to catch Huo Xiaoxie.
Huo Xiaoxie rolled around twice, just when he stood up, the three chewers had already rushed over, and pushed Huo Xiaoxie to the ground, with a big mouth coming towards Huo Xiaoxie's neck, it seemed that he was going to bite Huo Xiaoxie in one bite. die.
These two leopard dogs cooperate tacitly, one in front and one behind, which is by no means comparable to ordinary vicious dogs.If a leopard dog moves alone and attacks casually, it will definitely not bite your arms and thighs to hold you back, but like a carnivorous beast catching its prey, it will aim at the vital points of the neck and throat, and it must kill you.When Fourth Master Zhang was around, there was no order to kill, the leopard dog would not be too arrogant, and mainly focused on catching the enemy. People don't stop until they are torn to pieces.
Zhang Siye was defeated by Jia Dingyi, and was also disabled by Jia Dingyi with a big chewer. He had already become cruel and wanted to let the leopard dogs kill people, and it would be no problem if they couldn't catch them alive.Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou, and the hook soldiers were in ambush in the courtyard. There are many houses in the courtyard, so it is not convenient to use leopard dogs.But Fourth Master Zhang would never let the leopard dogs sit idle. He ordered a hook soldier commanded by a proficient leopard dog to take them and hide them in the relatively open Ximen area. If they saw thieves, they could kill them with all their strength.
Huo Xiaoxie got a blessing in disguise, and regained the red rope, but he knew it was not a blessing, and the blessings depended on the nearness of the misfortunes. At this time, he left the Wang family compound from Ximen, and was entering the attack range of the leopard dogs.
Huo Xiaoxie was held down by the three chewers, and he couldn't even swing his arm to hit the dog's nose. Seeing that he was about to die immediately, Huo Xiaoxie was really a strange person, he could think of any crooked tricks, and he just smashed the gun in his hand. Half a piece of blue brick was stuffed into the big mouth of the three chewers.It has never been heard that half a brick can be stuffed into the mouth of an ordinary dog, but the head of the three-biter is as big as a bucket, and when its mouth is opened, it can bite a human head. Can fit in.
Three Chews had half a green brick in his mouth, and he couldn't bite Huo Xiaoxie's neck with one bite, but this giant beast was extremely sturdy, with a snap of its fangs, it crushed the green brick in its mouth, and with a flick of its head it snapped again. to attack.Huo Xiaoxie couldn't resist at all, the three chewers were covered in black hair, with rough skin and thick flesh, with infinite strength, their neck was thicker than Huo Xiaoxie's waist, how could Huo Xiaoxie break it away?But Huo Xiaoxie is evil enough, the more critical the situation is, the more he is full of crooked ways, seeing that there is nothing he can do with the three chewers, he suddenly lifts his foot and kicks the three chewers hard on the balls.
The only blame is that Sanzhuozi is an animal, not a human being. It is tall, and when it holds Huo Xiaoxie down, its entire belly is exposed under Huo Xiaoxie's feet. Big, but kicked a solid.No matter how ferocious an animal is, like a lion, it has never encountered such an evil prey as Huo Xiaoxie. Instead of biting and fighting you head-on, it kicked your crotch with its feet instead?Zhang Siye had never taught the leopard dog to guard against prey and fight back like this.
Three chewers were kicked hard by Huo Xiaoxie, and it would be a shame to suffer a loss. It has lived so long, and it has never been attacked by prey so "insidiously".The Three Chews let out a muffled cry of pain. Instead of being unable to bite down, they jumped up from Huo Xiaoxie's body and rolled to the side. Although it could stand up immediately, it could still be seen that the Three Chews couldn't bear it on its hind legs. He was shaking, shaking his head, obviously in great pain.
Three Chews is a beast, although his brain is not as good as that of a human being, but after suffering such a big loss, he also has taboos, and he dare not rush forward rashly for a while.
Huo Xiaoxie rolled several feet, touched two green bricks from the ground, held them in his hands, stood up, growled like crazy, his eyes were red, and stared fiercely at the two leopards in front of him. dog.
The second chewer was hit on the nose by Huo Xiaoxie with a green brick, and the third chewer was hit by Huo Xiaoxie's "anti-pervert crotch kick". They were not as arrogant as when they just came here. The two beasts stood side by side, equally fierce Staring at Huo Xiaoxie, she was not in a hurry to rush over.
The man and the dog confronted each other, neither of them retreated, they stood still in full attacking posture.
The two leopard dogs also felt strange in their minds: Mommy, what is this person? Why is he not afraid of us, secondly, he does not run away, and thirdly, he comes up to attack. Could it be that this person is not human, but looks like a human? other animals?No, we as beasts have to be careful not to be careless.
The two leopard dogs looked at each other, growled a few times in each other's throats, it was a brief communication, and then the two leopard dogs slowly separated, and the two dogs and one person gradually formed a triangle pattern, which was even more unfavorable to Huo Xiaoxie.
Huo Xiaoxie was even more frightened. These two big dogs that looked like little lions came out of nowhere, but until now, they have never yelled loudly. If other dogs would yell loudly when they attacked Yell, the sound of fur is loud.Moreover, these two vicious dogs have a certain amount of advance and retreat, and cooperate with each other tacitly. It is not a dog's habit to kill people when they come up.After all, dogs are animals raised by people, and they are somewhat taboo towards people. Why are these two evil beasts more ferocious and cunning than wild wolves.
Huo Xiaoxie has heard many legends about wolves. They said that when wolves attack people, they don't say a word.There was a family in a village. The man was attacked by wolves in the yard at night, leaving only a pool of blood. The woman who was sleeping in the house did not hear anything.
It's true that dogs that can bite people don't bark. Huo Xiaoxie really understood this truth after seeing these two leopard dogs today.
Huo Xiaoxie saw that they were all wearing thick leather rings around their necks, so they must have been raised artificially, but how could there be such monsters in the Wang family compound?The only thing Huo Xiaoxie could think of was that the two silent animals in front of him were most likely Fourth Master Zhang's leopard dog.
Huo Xiaoxie cursed secretly: "Fourth Master Zhang, Fourth Master Zhang, you are so cruel, let the dogs out to eat people!"
The two leopard dogs seemed to have made up their minds, and one of them slowly circled behind Huo Xiaoxie, seeming to want to pinch back and forth.
Huo Xiaoxie saw the leopard dog's intentions, and felt cold in his heart: "Oops, these two vicious dogs want to attack me one after the other. If I let them succeed, I will lose my life." I hope that people from the Wang family compound will show up. When I don’t want to see people, there are people everywhere. I want to see people, but people don’t know where to hide.
Fourth Master Zhang and the others were not idle at this time.They took Pang Haowei back to their residence, tied Pang Haowei and Guo Laoqi together, and ordered two capable hook soldiers to watch them with a knife on their necks and stay close while the others waited until the courtyard calmed down. Afterwards, they all dispatched stealthily, avoided the middle courtyard, and came towards the west gate.
Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou predicted that there would be thieves at the Ximen, but they didn't know that the unlucky Huo Xiaoxie had already started a fierce fight with his leopard dog.
Huo Xiaoxie couldn't run even if he ran, as long as he turned around and ran away at this time, he would be attacked by leopard dogs.Huo Xiaoxie has not dealt with vicious dogs once or twice. He knows that the more he runs away, the worse he will be. Generally speaking, he will fight back when he beats a dog, and ordinary dogs are afraid of people bending over to pick up things on the ground, thinking they are people picking up sticks and the like When things came to fight, and people cursed and shouted loudly, they would all run away with their tails between their legs.But a well-trained animal like a leopard dog is not afraid of this. As long as the target is locked, it will fight to the end. At most, it will consider the attack method.
Huo Xiaoxie thought to himself: "It's over! Instead of falling into the hands of people, I will die under the jaws of dogs."
The two leopard dogs slowly separated, Huo Xiaoxie took a step towards San Zhuozi, and San Zhuozi took a step back, keeping a distance from Huo Xiaoxie.Huo Xiaoxie saw that San Zhuozi was so patient that he would not pounce on him rashly, so he had an idea in his heart, he continued to walk a few steps forward, came to the wall, leaned his back against the wall, and was covered by the wall behind him, so as not to expose the empty door , but there is no way to retreat.
Huo Xiaoxie has already made up her mind, since she can't escape, she has to fight the leopard dog to the death.
Seeing that Huo Xiaoxie was leaning against the wall, the leopard dog stood on the left and right sides of Huo Xiaoxie, prepared to attack at any time, roared in his throat, and approached Huo Xiaoxie step by step. .
There were rustling sounds in the grass behind the leopard dog, and a hook soldier came out of the grass, that is, the man with the dog guarding the west gate. He looked at the current situation and knew that Huo Xiaoxie could not escape, so he calmed down He got out and stood behind the leopard dog silently watching.
When Huo Xiaoxie saw someone coming out, he was overjoyed at first, but when he saw that person's attire, he was Zhang Siye's hook soldier, and his heart turned cold.The brains of the two dogs are not as smart as Huo Xiaoxie, and now they have another hook soldier to help out, they are better than Huo Xiaoxie anyway.
Huo Xiaoxie's mind was full of flashes and flints. These vicious dogs obey people's orders and must accomplish their missions. However, the dog trainers are more or less thoughtful, chasing profit, not as simple as animals. When this hook soldier comes out, there must be something that can be used .Huo Xiaoxie became happy when he thought of this.
Huo Xiaoxie shouted in a low voice: "Brother over there, I surrender! Please forgive me!" Why care about temporary gains and losses?
The hook soldier stood aside with a cold expression, and did not answer.
Huo Xiaoxie shouted again: "It's better to catch the alive than the dead! I know you are Mr. Zhang's hook soldier, and I am also from Fengtian, so I am a fellow! Please spare me! I will repay you in the future!"
The hook soldier still didn't speak, and whistled softly, the eyes of the two leopard dogs became more fierce, and they leaned lower, this was an order to fight Huo Xiaoxie with all their strength.Seeing that the leopard dog was only three or four steps away from Huo Xiaoxie.
Huo Xiaoxie's palms were sweating, and he shouted again: "I have important information to tell Fourth Master Zhang! You told a dog to bite me to death, Fourth Master Zhang will not spare you! Don't you see who I am?"
Hearing what Huo Xiaoxie said, the hook soldier frowned slightly, and blew another light whistle from his mouth.Leopard Dog heard the whistle, stood still, and stopped moving forward.
Huo Xiaoxie was sweating profusely. Seeing the leopard dog standing still, he knew that the hook soldier hesitated, so he stopped the leopard dog.Huo Xiaoxie sighed heartily: "Damn it, I'm finally tempted!"
The hook soldier looked at Huo Xiaoxie coldly, moved his mouth, and said, "Who are you? Why should I let you go, Fourth Master Zhang has ordered that no matter who it is, they will be killed!"
Huo Xiaoxie shouted: "But I'm different! You haven't seen me? My name is Huo Xiaoxie! Qi Jianer's subordinate in Fengtian City, the thief who stole Zhang Siye's female body jade together with Hei Sanbian?"
The hook soldier was taken aback by Huo Xiaoxie's words, but immediately remembered that there is such a character as Huo Xiaoxie!
Hook Bing snorted coldly, and said, "I have an impression! It's a pity that this can't save you. It made you say a few more words and give your name, so that you won't be an unknown ghost. I'm doing you a favor!"
The hook soldier's eyes flashed coldly, his mouth moved, and he was about to whistle for the leopard dog to attack.
Huo Xiaoxie stared at her eyes, and shouted, "Wait a minute! I know the whereabouts of Linglong Mirror!"
As soon as the hook soldier heard the word Linglongjing, his lungs almost burst out of shock, he gritted his teeth, and swallowed the order in his mouth.
Mr. Zhang Siye and Mr. Zhou gave up their family business and carried hook soldiers all over the world. For what?Isn't it just for Linglong Mirror?Don't worry about Fourth Master Zhang's heartache, the Linglong Mirror is also something that all the hook soldiers think about day and night, as important as the flesh and blood of their hearts.How many people in the world know that Zhang Siye's exquisite mirror has been lost?If Zhang Siye had to choose the whereabouts of Linglong Mirror or catching the thief in the Wang Family Courtyard, one thousand percent would choose the former, even if he had to be humiliated by Jia, Ding and Yi ten times in exchange, it would still be worth it.
Huo Xiaoxie's ability to yell out the words of knowing the whereabouts of Linglong Mirror is like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, deafening, no matter how courageous this hook soldier is, he dare not miss this precious news.
Huo Xiaoxie saw that the Hook Soldier had a complicated expression, and his eyes were open without blinking, as if possessed by a demon.Huo Xiaoxie was sweating like rain, with seventeen or eighteen buckets in his heart to fetch water, he was up and down, panting, if this sentence didn't work, then there was nothing more to say, waiting to be bitten by a leopard dog Dead pull down.
The hook soldier was stunned for a moment, then took a breath, pulled out the sharp knife at his waist, and said slowly: "Okay! Your name is Huo Xiaoxie, right? Kneel down now! Take off your belt, hold your hands high, and lie on your knees. Don't move on the wall! Move faster, slower, or kill you!"
Huo Xiaoxie glanced at Leopard Dog, what else can he do, just do it honestly.
Huo Xiaoxie took off his trouser belt, raised his hands high, his trousers fell down, he was completely embarrassed, but he could save his life, so he didn't care about face.The Hook Soldier stepped forward with the knife, put the tip of the knife against Huo Xiaoxie's waist, unscrewed Huo Xiaoxie's arm, tied Huo Xiaoxie tightly with Huo Xiaoxie's belt, and then pushed him to the ground, The knife was pressed against Huo Xiaoxie's neck.
Huo Xiaoxie shouted: "Don't worry, I won't run away!"
The hook soldier snorted, "Stop talking nonsense! One move will kill you!"
The Hook Soldier restrained Huo Xiaoxie, and said to Er Jiaozi, "Er Zhuaozi, quickly call Fourth Master Zhang! Do you hear me, hurry up!" He pointed his hand to the distance.The Erjiaozi knew what the hook soldier meant, whimpered twice, turned around and ran away, and a black shadow disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
Huo Xiaoxie pressed the hook soldiers on the ground, pressed his knees against his back, and couldn't move. His face was pressed against the ground, and he couldn't stop eating dirt, which was very uncomfortable.What was even more uncomfortable was that the three chewers were still guarding Huo Xiaoxie's side, with his huge head dangling around Huo Xiaoxie's neck, ready to bite off at any time.Huo Xiaoxie shouted, "Master Hook, there's no need to be so nervous, can you let me sit up?"
The Hook Soldier scolded: "Shut up! You villains, don't play tricks!"
Huo Xiaoxie yelled again: "Don't you want to hear where the Linglong Mirror is? You can ask for credit..."
The hook soldier scolded again: "I don't want to, it won't be too late to interrogate you when Fourth Master Zhang comes! From now on, if you say one more word, let the chewer bite off your leg!"
Huo Xiaoxie nodded repeatedly, not daring to speak again.I thought to myself that these hook soldiers are really powerful, not only loyal to Fourth Master Zhang, but also selfless, strict in law, extremely cautious, and never careless.
Huo Xiaoxie, Hook Bing, and San Qiaozi waited here for a while, and saw more than a dozen people jumping out from the darkness, and surrounded them in an instant. It was Zhang Siye and Mr. Zhou who arrived in large numbers. The second chewer led the way, but he still didn't shout.
Fourth Master Zhang looked at the scene in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Good job! Take it down for me!"
Several hook soldiers stepped forward, tied up Huo Xiaoxie, and pulled him up from the ground.
The hook soldier who caught Huo Xiaoxie jumped in front of Fourth Master Zhang, clasped his fists and nodded, and reported: "Report to Fourth Master Zhang! This thief is called Huo Xiaoxie, and he is with Hei Sanbian. He said he knows the whereabouts of Linglong Mirror." I just spared his life, waiting for Fourth Master Zhang to punish him!"
Fourth Master Zhang was slightly taken aback, his eyes sparkled, he stepped forward and grabbed the hook soldier's shoulder: "Does he know the whereabouts of Linglong Mirror?"
Hook Bing felt a pain in his shoulder, and hurriedly responded: "He really said so, I'm not sure, so I hurriedly invited Fourth Master Zhang to come here!"
Fourth Master Zhang let go, and said with a smile, "Well done! Goujian, you have done a great job!" It turned out that the hook soldier who caught Huo Xiaoxie was called Goujian.
The Hook Soldiers are in a group of four, and are divided into five groups, each with a group name, namely Baoyun, Nuzhan, Jianshan, Guoyuan, and Chengfeng.Gou Jian is the team leader of Jian Shan's team, and he has won the trust of Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou, otherwise such an important task would not be entrusted to him.
Goujian didn't take credit for being arrogant, there was no smug expression on his face, instead he was very solemn, and silently stepped aside.
Huo Xiaoxie was carried by hook soldiers and pushed down in front of Fourth Master Zhang.
Huo Xiaoxie looked at Fourth Master Zhang, smiled indifferently, and said, "Fourth Master Zhang, we meet again!"
Fourth Master Zhang stepped forward and pinched Huo Xiaoxie's cheeks, and snorted, "It really is you, it was hard to find you! Tell me, where are Yan Jingtian and the others?"
Huo Xiaoxie looked at Fourth Master Zhang at a close distance, and clearly saw a burn scar on one side of Fourth Master Zhang's face. The "mark" left by Zhang Siye.It's a pity that Huo Xiaoxie didn't witness what Yan Jingtian and the others used to make Fourth Master Zhang so embarrassed.
Huo Xiaoxie rolled his eyes and said, "It's not convenient to talk here."
Fourth master Zhang strengthened his hands, pinched Huo Xiaoxie's facial features, and cursed: "Boy, I kill you like a chicken! If you tell me honestly, maybe you can be spared! Otherwise, you will end up like your little brothers! "
Zhang Siye's words were just talking about Huo Xiaoxie's heartache, Huo Xiaoxie's chest suddenly rose with anger, his eyes rolled down, and he growled: "Your mother, I am afraid of death when you are my master! Stay with me brother Fate! Zhang Si, you bastard, you must die!"
Fourth Master Zhang was furious, he couldn't help strengthening his hands, the joints of his fingers creaked, he practiced Tiger Claw Kungfu since he was a child, his hands are extremely powerful, if it wasn't for Huo Xiaoxie, they would still be useful, I'm afraid he would be able to tear them away with just one grasp People crushed to death.The bones on Huo Xiaoxie's face felt like they were about to be crushed by Fourth Master Zhang, sore and painful, but still very stubborn, staring at Fourth Master Zhang without saying a word.
Mr. Zhou took a step forward, pressed Fourth Master Zhang's wrist, and said, "Fourth Master Zhang! Don't worry about the eloquence of such a small thief. Let's take him back and interrogate him slowly. I'm not afraid that he won't say anything."
Fourth Master Zhang let go of his hand after listening to Mr. Zhou's words, and cursed, "Take it back!"
Huo Xiaoxie sneered, being dragged up by the hook soldiers, the group of people were about to turn back.
The group had just walked a few steps, when suddenly someone shouted from a dilapidated house: "Let my brother go!"
Fourth Master Zhang and the others were taken aback for a moment, then immediately dispersed to set up a formation.Fourth Master Zhang yelled at the man on the roof: "Who is here! Tell me your name!"
"I'm called Nao Xiaobao! You let my brother go! Otherwise, I won't be polite to you!" Nao Xiaobao stood up from the roof and stared at Fourth Master Zhang and the others below.
Fourth Master Zhang saw that Nao Xiaobao was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old doll, and sneered, "Little doll, you have such a big tone!"
Seeing that Xiaobao was making trouble, Huo Xiaoxie yelled, "Xiaobao! Hurry up and leave me alone. These people are very powerful! You are no match for them!"
The Hook Soldier pushed Huo Xiaoxie to the ground, and cursed: "Don't scream!" Then he handed over a rope and strangled Huo Xiaoxie's mouth, so that Huo Xiaoxie could not scream anymore.
Fourth Master Zhang snorted softly: "Set up the formation, catch him."
The Hook Soldiers listened to the order and spread out skillfully, and they were about to encircle Nao Xiaobao in a blink of an eye.
Nao Xiaobao shouted: "Okay! Watch me burn you to death!"
As soon as Nao Xiaobao finished speaking, his hands flickered, and his hands were on fire, which was very eye-catching.Immediately, Nao Xiaobao flashed two fireballs in his left and right hands, and with a wave of his arm, he had already thrown the fireballs to the attacking hook soldiers on the left and right sides respectively.The hook soldiers were startled when they saw the fireballs coming, and hurriedly avoided them. The two fireballs hit the ground and exploded with a bang.
Seeing this scene, Fourth Master Zhang took a deep breath, was extremely surprised, and shouted at Nao Xiaobao: "Are you from the Huo family?"
Nao Xiaobao snorted, but didn't answer. With a flick of his hands, four fireballs appeared in the blink of an eye, and they threw them at Fourth Master Zhang and the others one after another.
Fourth Master Zhang and the others managed to escape, and several places around them had already been ignited by Nao Xiaobao's fireball, and they were hunting and burning.
Zhang Siye's veins were throbbing, and he whistled loudly.The Hook soldiers listened to the order and dispersed even more, still encircling Nao Xiaobao.
Nao Xiaobao's fireballs seemed to be endless, large and small continuously flew out of his hands, flying randomly in the night sky, it was really beautiful.
Fourth Master Zhang, Hook Bing, and Leopard Dog all suffered greatly from Yan Jingtian's fire attack. Seeing that Nao Xiaobao had such abilities, they were all terrified. Fourth Master Zhang suffered a tragic defeat in that battle. Leopard Dog burned his nose. Fourth Master's face was also burnt.Zhang Siye and the others, including Leopard Dog, are jealous of this matter. They don't know Nao Xiaobao's identity at this time, and they are afraid that it is Yan Jingtian and the others. They dare not go forward for a while, so they can only hide and avoid Nao Xiaobao Make plans for the first wave of attacks.
Fourth master Zhang and Mr. Zhou were in front, and the two hook soldiers were behind them with Huo Xiaoxie. They all kept a close eye on Nao Xiaobao on the roof, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
But at this moment, Fourth Master Zhang suddenly smelled a scent of tobacco, turned his head and saw a thick white smoke billowing from behind him.Fourth Master Zhang yelled that he was not good, so he was about to take a step forward and hold down Huo Xiaoxie, but suddenly a figure flickered beside his eyes, and with a puff, a large puff of thick smoke rushed straight to his face, piercing Fourth Master Zhang's eyes. Pain, had to close quickly.
Hearing the Hook Soldier oops, and being thrown out with a thud, Fourth Master Zhang struggled to open his eyes to see, but his eyes were still shrouded in white smoke, and only gray shadows could be seen scrambling back and forth in the white smoke. Can't see the specific movement.
Mr. Zhou yelled beside Mr. Zhang: "We have been cheated!"
Nao Xiaobao laughed, and three fireballs shot towards the white smoke covering Fourth Master Zhang and the others.Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou were about to rush to the place where Huo Xiaoxie was, but when they saw the light of the fire coming through the white smoke from the corner of their eyes, they had no choice but to get out of the way.
Nao Xiaobao kept in his hands, and a few more fireballs were thrown. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou shot from left to right, rolling all over the ground to dodge, there is no chance to find Huo Xiaoxie.
Nao Xiaobao jumped off the roof, threw fireballs all over the way, rushed out of the encirclement of hook soldiers, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.It's not that the hook soldiers are useless, but that the hook soldiers saw that Fourth Master Zhang was in an ambush, so they rushed towards Fourth Master Zhang and his side desperately. Still do not escape.
When the white smoke in this area dissipated, the hook soldiers had already gathered around Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou, but apart from the two hook soldiers who were holding Huo Xiaoxie lying on the side, unconscious, where was Huo Xiaoxie? shadow?
Fourth Master Zhang yelled: "Give me back my mirror!" Immediately, his chest felt sweet, and with a wow, a mouthful of blood spewed out, his body softened, and he was about to fall to the ground.Mr. Zhou and all the hook soldiers hurriedly supported Fourth Master Zhang. Fourth Master Zhang's eyes were dull, and he kept muttering, "My mirror, my mirror, give me back my mirror."
A secluded corner, surrounded by walls on three sides and overgrown with weeds on one side, is a good place for Tibetans.
Huo Xiaoxie was put on the ground from his shoulders, and the rope on his body was loosened. Huo Xiaoxie looked up and couldn't help feeling mixed feelings. The man in front of him had a cigarette in his mouth. suction.He squatted in front of Huo Xiaoxie, looking at Huo Xiaoxie with a half-smile.
This person is none other than Li Yanzhuo, the tobacco bug who is the leader of the Four Northeast Thieves.
Huo Xiaoxie was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly: "Brother Smokeworm, thank you, thank you for saving me. I, I, I..."
Yan Chong patted Huo Xiaoxie on the shoulder, and said: "Thief gang, thank you, you can't just let Zhang Si and those guys catch you. Zhang Si's shit is caught by the wind god, I have long since disregarded it." It's pleasing to the eye."
Huo Xiaoxie didn't know what to say, but when he thought of Nao Xiaobao, he said, "Nao Xiaobao, nothing will happen to Nao Xiaobao, he, he, he..."
"They didn't care about arresting me! Haha!" With a voice, a person emerged from the nearby grass, and it was Nao Xiaobao.
Huo Xiaoxie, Yan Chong, and Nao Xiaobao gathered in one place, there was a lot of excitement, and Nao Xiaobao and Yan Chong didn't shy away from anything, so they roughly talked about the situation just now.
It turned out that Nao Xiaobao stole the badges of Kong Biaotou and the others, but it was still two yuan short, so he couldn't find it anyway. Fortunately, he heard some bodyguards say that some kind of Biaotou lived in the South Garden area, so he decided that there should be another one in the south. At the residence of the bodyguard, he rushed to the south.Along the way, Fourth Master Zhang made a fuss about getting fat, so he turned to a secluded place in the west and went around to the south of the Wang family compound.
Nao Xiaobao groped all the way, and spent a lot of time, but saw Zhang Siye and the others sneaking around and hurried towards the west gate. Mr. Zhang was captured.闹小宝本想当时出去相救，正要跳出时，被烟虫拦住，告诫闹小宝这张四爷相当的厉害，自己出去和找死无疑，要救火小邪必须这样这样办。
烟虫和闹小宝差不多同时发现了张四爷他们的踪迹，都跟着张四爷身后前来。烟虫早已发现了闹小宝，见闹小宝要莽撞行事，这才出来阻止。依烟虫的计策，由闹小宝在前面乱放火球分散张四爷的注意，特别是要把钩子兵分散开，而烟虫自己则用浓烟从背后偷袭，解救火小邪。烟虫是东北大盗之首，知道张四爷钩子兵的厉害，本以为这是没办法的办法，纯属险中求胜，没想到效果出奇的好，张四爷他们对闹小宝显得十分忌讳，全力合围，几乎把火小邪凉在一边。烟虫和闹小宝当然不知道张四爷曾经有败给严景天的事情，就是觉得奇怪罢了。
烟虫趁乱抗了火小邪出来，来到与闹小宝约定好的地点，三人这才会合。
火小邪心中千恩万谢，却说不出一句完整的话。
烟虫这个人随便管了，一拍火小邪的肩头，说道：“别费劲说什么客气话了，我觉得你这人不错，对我的胃口。要是不对我胃口的人被抓了，我根本懒得搭理。”
火小邪无语，转头看着闹小宝。
闹小宝笑道：“火大哥，你救过我一命，我自当报答，千万不要觉得亏欠我什么。”
火小邪叹了口气，只好说道：“烟虫大哥，小宝，你们冒着危险救我这种没啥本事的人，惭愧！如果两位有什么需要我帮忙的，我一定全力而为！”
烟虫说道：“你还是赶紧忙你的去吧，再过一个多时辰，天就要亮了。我看你也没有什么大碍，咱们这就散了，大家都多多小心吧。”
烟虫起身要走，闹小宝问道：“烟虫大哥，你的任务是什么？可否告知？没准我有些线索。”
烟虫抽了口没点着的烟，嘴巴一动，居然从嘴里吐出一丝轻烟，说道：“不用了，我看我们还是都专心点比较好！另外，你们两个一定要小心啦，这个王家大院里，最难对付的倒不是御风神捕，而是一些行踪不定的神秘人，呵呵。”
烟虫说着，也不与闹小宝和火小邪打招呼告辞，手揣在裤袋中，大摇大摆的走开，身子一转出这个角落，就没有了声响，好像如同烟雾一样消失了。
闹小宝还没有会过意，见烟虫走了，才对火小邪说道：“烟虫大哥刚才说什么，神秘人？”
火小邪想起和三姨太偷情的那个身手极好的神秘人物，默默点头，说道：“王家大院里，的确有些不明身份的高手，我也亲眼见到过一个，不，我见过二个。”火小邪说二个，是包括了给自己治伤的林婉。
闹小宝若有所思，半晌才说道：“难道是青云客栈的人，来监督我们的？”
火小邪说道：“这个我也不知道。”
两人对视无语。
闹小宝说道：“火大哥，我们就不要在此久留了，咱们走吧。我那任务费劲的很，还没有完成。”
火小邪说道：“我来帮你如何？”
闹小宝笑道：“火大哥，你的任务完成了？”
火小邪点了点头，说道：“完成了，我偷到了三姨太的红绳，本想翻墙出院，这才中了张四爷的伏击。”
闹小宝脸上浮现出一股子不相信的神色：“火大哥，你真的完成了？我真的不需要你帮忙，你赶快忙你的去吧。”
火小邪见闹小宝不相信，从怀中摸出红绳，亮在闹小宝的眼前，说道：“就是此物。”
闹小宝眼睛一亮，肩膀微微一耸，本想伸出手拿过来看看，但还是忍了下来。
火小邪不以为然，说道：“本来我有意将这根红绳送给你或者烟虫大哥，可我那锦囊和纸条，并没有带出来，而是留给了青云客栈的店掌柜保管，这就是说，我只有偷到三姨太的红绳，才是唯一过关的方法。别人就算拿走了我这根红绳，也没有作用，店掌柜只认我一个人。我这样做，就是不想进王家大院之后，心存杂念，专心做这一件事情，同时也不让其他心怀不轨的人得逞。”
闹小宝脸上微微一红，说道：“火大哥，你说的对。”
火小邪说道：“这下我可以去帮你了吧？”
闹小宝笑了笑，说道：“火大哥，真的不用了，说句话你可别生气啊。”
火小邪说道：“你说，我怎么会生气。”
闹小宝说道：“火大哥，我都算是竞盗之关中身手一般的，而你现在……恐怕比我还差了很多。你和我一起，我还要照顾你……”
火小邪一点都不觉得委屈，尴尬的笑了笑，说道：“哦！原来是这样。”
闹小宝还是急道：“火大哥，你可别误会，你只是一直没有名师指点，但以你的潜力，只要稍加点拨，必会远胜于我。”
火小邪说道：“小宝，谢谢你了！但我还是有条线索告诉你，我是从北门进来的，那边有一个大伙房，曾经见过一个身材魁梧的镖师，挂着一块伍字腰牌，不知道你得手没有……”
闹小宝果然没有得到伍字腰牌，两人简单说了几句，再没有多说什么，互道了珍重之后，各自离开。
张四爷被闹小宝、烟虫劫走了火小邪，一口气喘不过来，吐血数口，失心疯几欲再次发作，好在周先生守在张四爷身边，用重手不断给张四爷按摩后脑脖颈上的穴位，才缓过劲来。
张四爷坐在地上，慢慢调养了一番气息，总算安静下来。
周先生上前说道：“张四爷，不要紧，就算丢了这个祸小鞋，没能亲口听到他说出玲珑镜、严景天他们的下落，也没有什么好惋惜的，我们至少弄清了几件事情。”
张四爷缓缓说道：“周先生请讲。”
周先生说道：“王家大院这番闹贼，江湖各地的大盗齐聚，偷的东西又古怪的很，我们从抓到的胖好味身上搜出了一个古怪的锦囊，尽管锦囊中只有废纸一张，可从胖好味的表情来看，这个锦囊定有蹊跷之处。刚才偷袭我们的那个叫闹小宝的娃娃，会用火攻，不好推断他的身份，但在我们身后放浓烟干扰视线，劫走祸小鞋的那贼，这种混水摸鱼的本事，东北四大盗之首的烟虫李彦卓可是行家里手，很可能就是他干的。我大胆推断一下，这些恶贼云集在王家大院，乃是要各自完成一个偷盗的任务，考量众贼的盗术，类似过关一样。极可能是火行贼王在征召合适的贼人，为火家办什么事，甚至可能是招弟子！若是招弟子这种诱惑，全天下只要是上的了场面的贼人，哪个能不动心？现在看来，别说是严景天这几个混蛋，火行贼王都可能在王家堡附近观望！严景天不是说玲珑镜在他手上吗？我们只要跟踪这些贼人的去向，就有可能找到火王，到时候我们向火王质问严景天为何要拿走玲珑镜，让他还给我们，到时候看他还是不还？如果火王不还，我们这二十多口子人，就和他们拼个你死我活！就算统统战死，也能不辱御风神捕的威名！若能和五行火王一战，以前御风神捕从未有过，无论胜败，都是震惊天下的大事！可不辱先辈教诲，光宗耀祖！”
周先生越说越激动，说到最后，双目圆睁，几乎歇斯底里起来。
张四爷听了周先生这番话，连声喝道：“好！好好好！好好好好好！不枉我来山西一趟！不枉我在王家大院里费劲折腾！”
张四爷受了周先生鼓励，气血顺畅多了，唰的一下站起身，看着周先生说道：“周先生，你看我们怎么跟踪这些贼人。”
周先生沉吟片刻，说道：“咱们，最主要的跟踪目标，就是刚才那个被人救走的祸小鞋！”
张四爷问道：“怎么是他？他这点本事！在奉天城都排不上号的小贼，若如周先生所说，他能不能在王家大院内完成任务，都是未知数。”
周先生反而嘿嘿一笑，说道：“张四爷，你想一想，祸小鞋有什么本事，能和众多大盗混在一起？他又为何要翻墙出去？我看这个小毛贼，没准已经完成任务了咧！他要是想逃出王家大院，我们全员散开，只跟不抓，只守不动，尾随不扰，紧咬不放，他这点本事，能逃的出我们的眼睛吗？”
张四爷静静一想，哈哈大笑起来：“周先生！有理啊！有理啊！”
周先生沉声说道：“张四爷，御风神捕的本事，抓贼是其一，追贼是其二，寻贼是其三。这些恶贼光知道我们是抓贼的好手，哼哼，也让他们试试我们追贼、寻贼的功力！以前是贼暗我明，现在掉个个子，来个我暗贼明！”
“张四爷，张四爷！”杂乱的叫喊声传来，张四爷和周先生转头一看，孔镖头带着一大堆镖师，高举着火把赶来。
张四爷哼道：“反应真够慢的！指望他们帮上忙，黄花菜都凉了！”
张四爷和急匆匆孔镖头一通寒暄，几句话把孔镖头打发掉，说是事发突然，现在已经没事，收兵回营。张四爷领着孔镖头他们回去，周先生和钩子兵跟在最后，周先生不断部署，钩子兵一个一个的散开去，等孔镖头注意到的时候，回头一看，身后十多个钩子兵，已经所剩无几。
这些钩子兵若是下定决心隐藏起来，只怕比竞盗之关的贼人更加厉害。
自古以来，贼的目的是偷，得手后必走，就算贼人耐心超群，忍得住天塌地陷，也总有行动的时候。而抓贼的人却可以为了等贼人现身，耐着性子和贼人捉迷藏。张四爷、周先生对贼人的品性清楚无比，那火小邪拿了红绳，不离开王家大院，才是天方夜谭。
现代刑侦方法中，警察蹲守、紧盯、苦等都是重要的手段，为了收集证据、线索，即使眼睁睁看着罪犯出现，都必须忍住，不能打草惊蛇，以求逮到后面的大鱼，从而一网打尽！这种“躲猫猫”的行为，少则一二个月，多则十年八年，都是有的。
张四爷、周先生的这番安排下来，直接向火王质问玲珑镜的下落，已变成最终目标，这不仅出乎竞盗之关众贼的意料，甚至连张四爷、周先生在此之前，从来都没有这样想过。
火小邪被张四爷抓过一次，再也不敢大意，在一道干涸的水沟中一直躲到天色微明、公鸡报晓的时候，确认四周没有异样之后，才再次行动。
贼人偷了深宅大院里面的东西，逃跑的法子也十分有趣，按火小邪在奉天做贼学到的经验，清晨时分，天色微微有点泛白，但四周还是不太明亮的时候，乃是最佳的逃走机会。按照贼道里面的说法，这个时候乃是一天之中防贼防盗警惕性最低的时刻，所谓的强弩之末，新力未续的交接点。
火小邪是不敢去西门那边了，整个王家大院，火小邪较为熟悉的，还有进来的北门伙房那边。火小邪抖擞了精神，向着北门大伙房那边摸去。尽管天还没有放亮，但王家大院的众多杂役伙计还是早早起来，无精打采的各处忙碌，有烧火做饭的，有倒马桶的，有开门打扫的，有赶早外出采买物品的，不一而同。
火小邪借着天还不亮，四处仍昏暗的很，一路疾行，倒不刻意躲避这些早起的伙计，几次迎面碰上，火小邪匆匆走过，也都没有人注意他有什么不对。王家大院折腾了整整一晚，一会着火，一会到处抓贼，一会要烧三姨太的房子，一会西门那边爆炸连连，没有多少人睡的踏实，人人哈欠不断，精神不振，怨气冲天，还真没有这个精力注意火小邪是哪里来的。
火小邪从伙房外院的围墙爬上墙头，从上次出去的茅房下来，进入院内。伙房内已经点了灯，有做早点的厨子已经开始忙碌。
火小邪没管这么多，径直走入伙房，伙房里也没有几个人，一个伙夫正在生火蒸馒头，见有人进来，大概一看打扮，以为是早起的小工，打着哈欠嚷道：“那个谁！去搬两捆柴火来！捡干燥点的！”
火小邪应了一声，低着头快步从伙房中进了后院，奔到藏衣服的破水缸边，把包裹取出，从里面拎出剩下的一套干净衣服，匆匆换上。这衣服还是平常的很，略显破旧，穿在身上，倒不是王家大院的衣衫样式。火小邪经过这一晚上的折腾，全身上下又是泥又是灰，腿上带伤，背后有血，衣服早就稀烂，如果被人细细打量，不生疑才怪。火小邪倒不是主要防着王家大院中的人，而是考虑着出了王家大院，他这个样子，被王家堡的人看到，没准惹上更多麻烦，所以就算费点功夫，还是以求万全。
火小邪换好衣服，借着院中水槽中的剩水，把双手和脸洗了洗。火小邪刚刚洗完，伙房里有伙夫大叫：“搬柴的！柴火呢！妈的是不是睡过去了！”
火小邪回了一句：“马上来！马上来！”同时暗骂，“来你娘的个屁！”
火小邪出了伙房后院，沿路向北门赶去，在角落中略等了片刻，就看到一辆马车晃晃悠悠的，铃铛作响，从一头驶来，远远就能闻到一股子屎尿臭味。火小邪等的就是这个时刻。
原来旧社会乡镇里大户人家，院中通常没有给排水设置，大小出恭往往还是要在马桶里面解决。有比较赶潮流的，比如王家大院，倒是有西洋的抽水马桶，但也仅限王兴、王全、各房太太等身份高贵的人使用，使用是使用，只不过是个样子，抽水马桶排出的污物，还是归置在“特大号”的马桶中，并没有排出院外。院内其他的上百号人，都还是上茅房或者蹲马桶。一般来说，王家大院这样的大户人家，都是在清晨时分进行换马桶的工作，以免天色大亮，众人起来的时候，还能看到这些不雅、不洁、脏臭的事情。这些在普通人看来，好像都是些小事，想不想的起来无所谓，但在贼人眼中，可都是要牢记在心的常识性问题。
火小邪跟上这辆满载着屎尿的粪车，从容不迫的钻入车底，倒挂在上面。一般运送污垢之物的粪车，车身都十分宽大沉重，轮子粗大，车底还有大铁块悬挂增重，这不仅是为了一次能装更多的马桶，也是防止因车身太轻，不慎倾覆，那可大大不妙。所以粪车下面多了个火小邪，根本没有什么反应。
这种事情火小邪不是第一次做，驾轻就熟，哪容得赶车人发现。
粪车晃晃悠悠，沿路最后收了几个马桶，便向北门而去。
北门的武师还打着哈欠八卦胡扯，把王家大院晚上的事情描述的天花乱坠。听到粪车叮啷叮啷过来了，味道“醇正”，赶忙把北门打开，放粪车出去。
等粪车出了王家大院，行了百十米距离，火小邪才从车底跳出，一溜烟的钻到附近的林子中去。
火小邪哪里知道，他如此隐蔽、不露痕迹的出了王家大院，还是被藏在北门院墙上的钩子兵看的一清二楚。
那钩子兵不声不响，手中亮出一个古怪的玩意，竟是一个弹弓一样三叉铁，只是一端不是皮筋，而是嵌着一块长方形的似木似金的硬片。钩子兵用手指扣动这块硬片，这硬片弹性十足，一扣一放，硬片来回震动不止，非常奇怪的是，这般激烈的震动，却没有一点声音发出。钩子兵不断扣动这块硬片十余次，如同发电码一样。
远处，躲在一面墙檐下的钩子兵渐山组的组长钩渐一翻手，亮出同样的一个三叉铁。只见这三叉铁在钩子兵手中无声无息的振动不止。钩渐轻轻一笑，飞也似的离开了此地。
张四爷和周先生，站在院内，两人手中都各持一个三叉铁，举在半空中。他们看着三叉铁无声的震动，不禁彼此对视一眼，面露喜色。
火小邪捡着无人之处，一路急奔，直到离开王家大院已有小半里路，这才探出身子回头打量了一番。此时天色已渐明，视线之内景物清晰。火小邪观望了一番，没有什么不对的地方，便找准了方向，向着西边密林行去。
火小邪来到青云客栈指定的地方，寻到一块大石，依照青云客栈的嘱咐，敲击一块大石的顶面四下，蹲下身子，静候在一侧。
“这位客官，你回来的好早！”火小邪身后有人说话。
火小邪赶忙回头，只见店小二笑脸盈盈的从一棵大树后转了出来，向火小邪走来。
火小邪连忙起身，对店小二抱了抱拳，恭敬的说道：“我是火小邪，我回来了。”
店小二说道：“火小邪客官，你的任务完成了吗？”
火小邪点点头，从怀中摸出三姨太的红绳，递在店小二的手中。
店小二略略一看，也从怀中取出一个锦囊和号牌，抽出锦囊中的纸条看了一眼，笑道：“火小邪客官，你过关了！”
火小邪如释重负，长长喘了一口气，问道：“还有其他人过关了吗？”
店小二把手中的号牌递给火小邪，火小邪接过一看，正是自己从苦灯和尚手中赢下来的第二位号牌。火小邪在离开青云客栈，赴竞盗之关的时候，将自己的号牌、锦囊一并交给了店小二他们保管。
店小二将锦囊和红绳收回怀中，说道：“火小邪客官，恭喜你，你是第一个过关的。”
火小邪张着嘴巴，吃惊不小，指着自己的鼻子说道：“什么？我是第一个过关的？”
店小二笑道：“没错！你就是第一个过关的，恭喜恭喜！火小邪客官，请跟我走吧。”
店小二招了招手，示意火小邪跟着自己，快步走开。
火小邪还是如坠云中雾海，一脸的诧异，他千想万想，都没有想过自己居然是第一个过关的人。火小邪见店小二已经快步走开，才回过神来，快步跟上。
店小二带着火小邪，并没有象出来之时再钻入地下，而是在林中绕来绕去，越行越远。火小邪心中疑惑，不断回头打量，这店小二要带自己去哪里？
火小邪实在忍不住，叫道：“店小二兄弟，你这是带我去哪里？”
店小二略略回头，笑道：“带你去过第三关。”
火小邪惊道：“怎么这么快？”
店小二说道：“第二关是竞盗之关嘛，你通过的时间越短，给自己争取到的时间越多，因为第三关，叫做纳盗之关，非常费时，多上一分一秒的时间，都对自己有利。”
火小邪哦了一声，又问道：“到底这个纳盗之关，是要我们做什么呢？”
店小二笑了笑，说道：“你到了以后就明白了。”
店小二边说边走，已经转过一片密林，伸手一指，只见一道缓坡之下的空地上，拴着一匹高头大马。店小二说道：“火小邪客官，这是你的马，请跟我来。”
火小邪满肚子疑问，此时也问不出来什么，跟着店小二走到马儿身边。
店小二解开缰绳，递到有点发呆的火小邪手中，说道：“火小邪客官，向着西南方向前直行三十里，经过一个叫王家坳的山谷，无论在山谷中看到什么，都只管快马前行，不必搭理，过了山谷之后，有一个四岔路口，在路口稍等，会有人来寻你，给你指路。”
火小邪说道：“那找我的人，怎么知道是我？”
店小二不急不忙，从怀中摸出一张纸条，递给火小邪，说道：“这纸条上写着一句