The Khitan hound was sniffing the ground while running quickly through the streets and alleys, with Chen Ke and a group of guards chasing after him.
He didn't know how many streets he passed when he suddenly heard the sound of rushing water, and it turned out that he had arrived at the Bian River. Chen Ke finally became worried. If he got on the boat and left the city, it would be difficult to find him.
Fortunately, the hound just stood by the river and ran north along the river bank. After a while, it stopped at a river embankment.
Although the Bian River meanders through the city, Bianjing is too big and there are only a few lively places. There are always secluded places in the city, and the river embankments here are very different from those elsewhere.
The hound stood on the river embankment and barked at the bottom. Chen Ke and others were led down the river embankment by it, and they saw an impressive drainage outlet.
"It's really those rats!" Chen Ke said bitterly: "They are so unrepentant!" He was very familiar with this kind of cave entrance, which was the symbol of Wuyou Cave.
"What should we do if we go in?" Zhang Cheng and others were frightened when they saw the dark hole.
"Go and inform Master Bao. The rest of you, follow me into the cave!" Chen Ke pulled out the Miao knife from the waist of one of the guards and said coldly: "They are just a bunch of remnants, what should we be afraid of?"
"Yes!" Seeing how stubborn Chen Ke was, Zhang Cheng and others were embarrassed to give in, so they bravely followed him into the cave.
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The guards lit up torches, which Chen Ke ordered them to bring before setting off.
Chen Ke took out the sweat towel with Liulang's strong body odor and gave it to the Khitan hound to sniff it to deepen its impression. The hound ran in the sewer. Fortunately, this was not a sewage ditch, otherwise there would be a stench everywhere, no matter how good the hound's nose was
Also caught blind.
Chen Ke continued to follow the hound, turning left and right in the maze-like sewer. After a while, Chen Ke lost his sense of direction. Speaking of which, this was the first time he went down to Wuyou Cave, and he finally saw its power. If not
The hound led him and he didn't know where to go.
After walking in the darkness for about a quarter of an hour, he suddenly saw a faint light. As soon as Chen Ke raised his hand, Zhang Cheng immediately reined in the dog and stopped it in place. He held the Tang knife upside down and silently talked with Song Duanping.
Touch it.
The light is getting brighter and brighter, and I can already see clearly that it is the light coming from the corner.
The two of them tiptoed to the corner without turning rashly. Song Duanping took out a small mirror and stretched it out silently. Chen Ke squinted and stared at the picture in the mirror carefully, and saw that there was no space inside.
Tables, chairs, wine jars, and... corpses all over the floor.
Slightly surprised, Chen Ke gently tapped Song Duanping's shoulder, and then pointed to the left and right sides.
Song Duanping nodded. He used Qinggong and turned in. Chen Ke followed quietly, holding a knife.
Song Duanping's movements were always very light and slow, but when he came to the entrance of the cave, he arched his body like a cheetah. Chen Ke pushed hard from behind, and he rushed in close to the ground.
When he rushed into the cave with his whole body, the sharp blade fell down with the sound of wind. Song Duanping rolled on the spot. He turned around and stood up straight. He cursed: "Xiao Liuzi, are you going to kill me!"
The person who attacked him was also stunned: "Brother Ping, why is it you?" He saw Liulang Chen Zhen covered in blood, holding a steel knife in his hand, facing Song Duanping, standing at the entrance of the cave in shock.
Before he finished speaking, a violent shock hit his head. The pain made him hold his head and jump around. When he turned around, he saw that it was the old man with an angry face.
"Brother, why did you hit me?" Chen Zhen's vigorous face wrinkled into a ball.
"How many times have I reminded you not to expose your back?" Chen Ke scolded, "I won't even know who did it to my death!"
"Isn't there room behind you?" Chen Zhen has the temper of a young master. Although he is very afraid of his brother, he keeps talking.
"Fart." Chen Ke scolded: "Your fifth brother is here."
"Oh..." Chen Zhen scratched his head and laughed dryly: "Be careful next time."
Chen Ke then walked into the cave and took a look. It was supposed to be the stronghold of a certain gang of beggars. It was more than ten feet square inside. At this moment, there were more than a dozen dead bodies lying everywhere.
Song Duanping inspected the corpses and said solemnly: "Except for a few with scratches on their bodies, the rest were killed by a sword."
"Where is your helper?" Chen Ke knew that Liulang did not have this ability. As he asked, he turned his eyes to the curtain on the hall wall. Apparently there was still space behind the curtain.
"Brother Wang, come out, this is my brother." Liulang called behind the curtain.
The curtain flickered slightly, and a young man wearing a white shirt and a Confucian scarf, holding a sword upside down, appeared in the underground hall. He had clear eyes and a lazy smile on his lips, and he casually held his hands towards everyone. Then he said to Liulang: "Since your family is here, I can leave. We will meet again later."
Rokuro clasped his fists like an adult and said, "I dare not say thank you for your kindness. Please leave me your address. I will treat you to a drink some other time."
"You've been drinking since you were young," the young man said with a smile, "You're not afraid of your brother spanking you."
"Brother, please stay." With corpses all over the ground, how could Chen Ke let him go, leaving Liulang alone to hold the vat? He cupped his fists at the young man and said, "Brother, please tell me what is going on."
"Ask your brother." The young man waved his hand, motioning for him to get out of the way.
"Brother, at least leave your name and address." Chen Ke still clasped his fists and said, "I might as well come and say thank you."
"Why are you so wordy?" The young man frowned and said, "No, just pretend I've never been here." Then he turned and walked towards another exit.
Song Duanping looked at Chen Ke, meaning, keep him?
Chen Ke shook his head. After all, he was Xiao Liu's savior. If he had a lawsuit against him and forced him to stay, wouldn't he be harmed?
He let the young man named Wang go, but Chen Ke would not let Liu Lang go. Song Duanping went to check various caves, but he pulled a bench and sat down, saying with a dark face: "Tell me what's going on."
"Alas..." Chen Zhen had no choice but to get up.
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An hour ago, it was said that Liulang came out of the house with his eyes on Kong. As soon as he came out of the alley, he hid in the doorway of a house. After Zhang Cheng hurriedly chased him out, he walked triumphantly in the opposite direction.
The reason why he wanted to act alone today was because he wanted to go to a place that his father and brother had forbidden him to go to. It was not a brothel, but a street that turned south from the square in front of Daxiangguo Temple and was called "Xu Zhi Lane". This is a famous street in Bianjing City. place for cricket fights.
In autumn, whenever crickets come out, there will be thirty to fifty groups and thousands of citizens fighting in this alley from early morning. Some crickets can win three or two in a fight, and they can be sold for one or two crickets. Money, if a cricket grows big and grows longer than a bucket, it will be worth a hundred times, and can be sold for tens or even hundreds of taels of silver. Therefore, many residents outside the city specially catch crickets and bring them into the city at this time to sell them on this street. In addition to crickets , there are also various cricket cages, which are exquisite and small, and are exquisite works of art in themselves.
At this time, the alley was full of people, the gamblers were shouting, the grasshoppers were chirping, and the scene was very lively. Liulang wandered around, looking at this crowd, and looking at that stall, feeling that everything was new... because
Worried that he would get into the bad habit of gambling at a young age, Chen Xiliang did not allow Liulang to enter any gambling establishments, including cockfighting, dogfighting, and cricketfighting. But the boy was in his youthful rebellious period. The more his family prohibited him from doing anything, the more he wanted to do it.
Moreover, this boy is a natural master of playing. Whether it is playing, playing and singing, or raising dogs and hawks, he is always a good player, and he can even teach himself without a teacher. Although his family does not allow him to fight crickets, he is not allowed to raise...
...Rokuro followed the requirements in the ancient book to select seeds, breed insects, and train them. He was really meticulous and did not consider the cost. Now, he felt that his "Red Robed General" had achieved great success, and it was time to go out and compete.
However, he was not in a hurry to take out the grasshopper cage from his arms, but first took a look at the excitement and gained insights. It was not that he was timid, in fact, he was extremely itchy for a long time, but he knew that there were many ways here, and he didn't know what to do if he didn't know them clearly.
As a human being, you are just a sheep to be slaughtered.
While he was crowded here and fascinated by the people there, he suddenly felt that his arms were empty. When he touched it with his hand, he was shocked... His cricket cage was missing. It was the fruit of a lot of hard work on his part. Liulang hurriedly looked around.
Looking for it, I saw a lean man pushing his way out of the crowd.
Everyone wanted to squeeze in, but that person squeezed out, which immediately caught Rokuro's attention, and he squeezed past without thinking.
Perhaps he was guilty of being a thief, so the man kept staring at Rokuro. When he saw him coming towards him, he quickly squeezed out with all his strength. As soon as he reached the open space, he ran away.
Rokuro immediately determined that this was the thief who stole his cage. He squeezed out of the crowd, shouted "catch the thief", and chased after him. People looked sideways, and some patrolmen came over. The other person hurriedly left the Xiuzhi Alley.
Sayazi ran towards her lair. Liulang also stepped away and chased after her.
The two of them ran and chased each other. Normally, Liu Lang had long legs and long steps, so he should be able to catch up. But the other party was obviously a habitual thief. He slithered in and out of the crowd like a loach, leading Liu Lang through the streets and alleys, until he ran to the Bian River.
, none of them were kicked out.
After running along the Bianhe River for a while, the thief disappeared on the river embankment. Liulang chased down and saw the entrance of a cave. He followed it in without thinking, chasing the thief, and came here.
As soon as Liulang entered the underground hall, more than a dozen disciples from the Gan Gang came out from all directions and surrounded him.
"It turns out you've entered a den of thieves!" Liulang didn't take it seriously. He took the nine-section steel whip from his waist, swung it and said, "Give me back the grasshopper cage!"
"This kid really gave up his life rather than his wealth." A thief laughed and said, "I'm going to be chopped into human meat buns, and I haven't forgotten his grasshopper cage."
The thief who had led him all the way here was panting heavily as he took out the squashed cage from his arms. The 'red general' inside had already been squeezed to death.