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The man twirled his finger, then raised it and pointed to the south.

It is a branch of the Wuli River, and the river surface is not wide and surging, but there is a stone arch bridge above it. On the two sides of the stone fencing fence are a hundred and four observation pillars, and the one at the end of the bridge is big and straight. "

The man laughed, glanced at the sun, and continued, "At one o'clock in the afternoon, South Yi will cross the bridge and attack all twenty-four cities. The city guard general's name is Gao Mao, he's my subordinate."

"Don't think that I'm just gossiping with you." The man looked at Gao Lang's serious expression, and suddenly lowered his voice, "All of this is to tell you, if you go, there's only death."

"As for the person you are looking for, he is currently tied to the pillar at the end of Dingchuan River's stone arch bridge."

Once the man finished, Gao Lang immediately rode on his horse.

Dust flew from the horse's hooves as the man behind laughed out loud three times. Then he said: "Zhao Yao, let's see today, whether it is your horse's speed or South Yi's speed!"

When the sounds of the horse's hooves could no longer be heard, the man turned around and went back into the hall, and pulled Jin Xiaolou out from the clay statue of the Bodhisattva.

It was only then that Jin Xiaolou realized that the tip of this gigantic golden-body Bodhisattva clay sculpture had a big mouth.

However, this Bodhisattva statue was too tall, and it was difficult for an ordinary person to see the top of the statue from within the palace.

Only after the man untied the leather rope on Jin Xiaolou's hands and legs and took out the pockmarked core in her mouth did Jin Xiaolou gradually feel something.

When her hands had enough strength, she ran over to Zhou Shuli's corpse and picked up her blade and slashed at the man.

When the man raised his hand, he grabbed the back of the blade, causing Jin Xiaolou's body to tremble, the blade seemed to be stuck in a stone, he could not move at all.

Jin Xiaolou's eyes reddened in grief and indignation: "Who the hell are you! "Why would you do that?"

"Why would I do that, you don't know?" The man raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you asking the obvious? I just want him dead!"

"Your foolish husband, Gao Lang." "I'm afraid you don't even know his real name."

Jin Xiaolou took a deep breath, raised her trembling hand, and pointed at Zhou Shuli: "What do you want Gao Lang to die for? Zhou Shuli and Huang Guizhi are both innocent people, they can't even get along with you, why are you so cruel to them! "

The man threw up his hands. "I didn't hurt them. They asked for it."

"You asked for it?" Jin Xiaolou only wished that she was strong enough and not able to cut off Yue Yang's neck.

"I only left Huang Guizhi to eat and send you a note. My fish are just you and Gao Lang, the two of them broke off from their luck and wanted to rush into the net, but unfortunately, they met a group of bandits, so how can you blame me? "

The man said it in a light tone and then laughed. "Interesting. You guys fell into his trap one by one after casting an air bait. Today's show is really exciting."

"Are you satisfied with the position I chose for you?" The man's eyes moved to the Bodhisattva. "What I love best is the look of grief on your faces, and helplessness."

"You are the Fifth Master that Gui Qi spoke of." Jin Xiaolou's entire body trembled, "So, the reason why you saved Gui Zhi was for Gao Lang!"

"Otherwise?" The Fifth Master said with a smile, "Don't tell me you really think that good news will come from the heavens? The handsome and respected Young Master falls in love with a poor peasant girl? "

"If you have to blame something, you can only blame Huang Guizhi for having ulterior motives. She wanted to seek wealth and seek for something that she was not worthy of. Otherwise, why would she use it for me?" Fifth Master played with his fingers.

"What's your name?" Jin Xiaolou let go of the blade, and stared straight into Fifth Master's eyes, "I want to remember your name, and one day, I'll definitely avenge Zhou Shuli and Huang Guizhi, and I'll personally kill you!"

Fifth Master raised his head and laughed, "You are not worthy of knowing my name. If you want to take revenge, you have to live until tomorrow first!"

Jin Xiaolou frowned.

Fifth Master said: "You think I want to kill you? Don't worry, I won't do it myself. You are Gao Lang's bait, and Gao Lang is also your bait.

Fifth Master threw his blade and walked out of the hall.

Jin Xiaolou stood in the middle of the hall, and turned to look at the drooping eyebrows and merciful expression of the Bodhisattva.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

She walked over, untied Zhou Shuli's rope and placed him inside the hall, then reached out and gently closed his eyes.

Zhou Shuli still had a smile on his face. At least at the last moment, he thought Gui Zhi was safe, so he left with hope.

But Gui Zhi … Outside the door to the hall, he looked around and saw weeds everywhere. Where did the osmanthus branches go? How could he find them …

And there was also Gao Lang.

Jin Xiaolou's heart jumped.

He knew that there was a hell in front of him, but those who were worried were in hell. Even if they were destined to die, they had to go.

Even though he knew it was bait, he still had to bite down with his eyes closed.

Jin Xiaolou ran out of Bo Gu Temple and headed south. She bought a horse on the way and headed towards the 24 cities that Fifth Master was talking about.

She had originally wanted to catch up to Gao Lang before the twenty-fourth city, but how could the skinny horse she had just bought from a farmer match up to the handsome rider that Gao Lang was riding on? She didn't see any trace of Gao Lang even after they had arrived at the northern city gate of the twenty-fourth city.

In the war-torn border city, the city was in chaos.

Right after entering the city, Jin Xiaolou's horse was snatched away by a group of thugs, if not for the fact that Jin Xiaolou had expected this to happen, buying the farmer's clothes and pretending to be a man, she would not have been able to escape.

Dingchuan River was outside the South City Gate, which meant that they had to pass through all 24 cities.

Before she even took two steps, Jin Xiaolou heard people on the street saying that the city gate was about to close.

Jin Xiaolou quickly pulled a woman who was wearing a scarf over her head: "Aunt, why are we closing the city gates in the middle of the day?"

The moment she heard the voice, it turned out to be a little girl, which made her feel a little strange. While rolling her eyes, she replied, "General Gao received a letter from a spy, saying that South Yi would attack from time to time. Naturally, the city gates would be guarded!"

"Then …" Jin Xiaolou anxiously asked, "Then have you seen a man riding a horse pass here before?"

"In this chaos, there are many people riding past!" The aunt was getting impatient and wanted to leave.

Jin Xiaolou hurriedly said: "A young man is by himself, he is extraordinarily handsome."

With a blush on her face, she said, "Yes, yes. I haven't seen such a handsome young master for a long time. We've just fought here, but he just went over and he clamored for the gates to be closed."

Jin Xiaolou's heart tensed up, she was afraid that the city gate was closed for Gao Lang's sake.

That General Gao Mao was one of the subordinates of the Fifth Master, as long as he gave the order, Gao Lang would close the door as soon as he came out of the city, and when the South Yi attack came over, Gao Lang would have nowhere to retreat to.

He was afraid that the horses' hooves would turn him into a pile of meat paste.

Fifth Master didn't need to see blood, they could kill people from a hundred miles away, there was no need to worry about it at all.

Jin Xiaolou let go of her aunt, and ran towards the south. She wanted to stop Gao Lang, and go tell Gao Lang that he was not tied to the bridge.

After hearing that the South Yi was coming at them, everyone ran towards the north. They would probably leave the 24 cities as soon as possible, the further north the better. Only Jin Xiaolou ran towards the south with her life on the line.

Just as she squeezed through the crowd, Jin Xiaolou took a step forward. Suddenly, the two people beside him twisted their arms and pressed them to the ground.

"What are you all doing!" Jin Xiaolou was anxious and angry at the same time, "Are you still going to snatch him away in broad daylight!?"

The man who was suppressing her twisted Jin Xiaolou's arm, causing him to clench her teeth in pain.

Someone told us that you are a spy from South Yi.

The two of them pulled Jin Xiaolou up and sent him to the yamen.

Jin Xiaolou's eyes became red. Thinking about it, it must have been because the aunt saw him disguised as a man and became suspicious.

Seeing that she was being pulled further and further away from the South City Gate, Jin Xiaolou looked around, only to see a stall selling fried bread. Jin Xiaolou steeled her heart, and rushed into the iron pot that was boiling hot oil.

Jin Xiaolou was already prepared for it. She turned her face away but the oil droplets were still on her ears, causing her to gasp in pain.

Caught off guard, the two bailiffs were in an even more miserable state. A large area of burn wounds appeared on their necks, causing a series of blisters.

Jin Xiaolou's heart was filled with guilt, but she had no other choice.

He quickly got up from the ground and took advantage of the panic of the crowd to run forward.

Originally, she wanted to head towards the south city gate. In order to let her eyes and ears see through her as she ran towards the west, she waited for the two bailiffs that were chasing her to leave before hurriedly heading towards the south.

However, with this, by the time she rushed down to the south gate, the gate had already slowly closed down to only half an inch.

Once the city gates were closed, naturally, the soldiers would not be able to leave. Without a military order, it would be a capital offense to sneak out of the city.

Jin Xiaolou looked left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention as she climbed the stone stairs towards the city wall.

Last time she was trapped outside the city, it was the He Niang who bribed the soldiers guarding the city walls to place down a rope ladder to pull her up.

As soon as he went up, he saw a very young man wearing a military uniform guarding the wall. Seeing that a stranger had come up, he raised his spear and pressed it against Jin Xiaolou's chest.

Jin Xiaolou immediately raised her hand, with a wink of her eyes, two streams of tears flowed down, she said to the soldier: "My family is outside the city, I didn't have the time to enter the city, I was worried about his safety, and wanted to go out to accompany him, I hope that Master Guan can help out."

That soldier put away his spear and frowned. "How can I be convenient? This city wall is so high, are you going to jump down?"

Seeing Jin Xiaolou's sorrowful look, she sighed: "Your family must hope for your safety, quickly return to the city, if anyone sees you secretly climbing the city walls, you will be captured."

He walked straight to the edge of the city wall and looked outside of the city. Riding on the red horse, Gao Lang rode on the wind and galloped towards the stone arch bridge in front of them.

On the pillar at the end of the bridge, there was a woman with a slim figure tied to it.