Lin Daier said something in the stone chamber, which seemed simple, but Chu Huan thought about it later, but she felt that something was strange. At that time, Lin Daier said that there was no place for them to live in this Heishui Mountain, which meant that these bandits had completely given up Heishui Mountain, and Chu Huan was also sure that Lin Daier and his group would not really return to Heishui Mountain. After all, even the underground secret passages had been leaked, so Heishui Mountain would not have any greater secrets worthy of the bandits to stay.

As Chu Huan himself said, if Lin Daier and others knew that there was a large army coming to encircle and suppress the enemy, the best way to deal with it was of course to leave early and let the imperial guards lose their way. [The latest updates are all available in the search.]

But they stayed, and that fearless attitude made Chu Huan conclude that Lin Daier and others must have a complete retreat strategy.

"If they escape and are discovered by you, there will be no way out." Chu Huan's eyes fell on the river surface with thick ice. He did not explain immediately, but walked onto the river surface.

Guo Yang also went forward, with a look of suspicion on his face.

"General Guo Lang, do you think they can escape from the ice?" Chu Huan thought for a while and finally asked softly: "The gods didn't know it, let us escape unexpectedly!"

Guo Yang was stunned, and looked a little surprised. He glanced around the river and frowned and said, "How is this possible? Not to mention how they got from the mountain to the bottom of the ice, but only the cold under the water. If you want to swim through this river from the under ice, wouldn't you be frozen to death?"

Chu Huan said: "At first glance, it seems impossible, but it may not be impossible. There are countless underground secret passages on the mountain, and the underground secret passages may lead to the river surface. Moreover, this river is behind the mountain. If they are willing, they can train people to swim around in this river... If it is cold, I don't know how they can resist it for a while, but as far as I know, some people can endure the cold in winter swimming, but still can survive!"

Li Zongquan also came over silently. When he heard Chu Huan's words, he sneered: "Chu Huan, you are fantasizing. What evidence do you say they are escaping from the ice layer? If it is true that they can escape from the underground secret passage as you said, then this Black Shui Mountain has four sides. Now our people have already gone up the mountain. Why don't they escape from other directions, but choose to come from here?"

"Because they know that as long as they have the ability to escape from the ice, this is the most certain road." Chu Huan pointed to the dark forest opposite the Heishui River and said, "When the commander deployed military affairs in advance, he said that the opposite side of this river was a dense forest. Once the bandits escaped there and wanted to capture it, it would be extremely difficult. Although the roads on the other three sides of the Heishui Mountain are rugged, as long as we find them, we can pursue them relentlessly, let alone they are not sure whether there is someone at the foot of the mountain when we go up the mountain. Of course, they will not take risks in this unknown situation."

Li Zongquan was complacent with doubt, but Guo Yang nodded slightly and said, "General Chu Wei, what you said makes sense." He suddenly thought of something and immediately said, "If they want to escape from the water, they must have to break the gap from the river surface and come out from the water..." His expression became solemn, and he said, "Let's pay attention to the mountain one by one, not the river surface behind... General Li Wei, please pass the order of this general and ask the brothers to search the river surface to see if there is an ice-breaking gap..."

Li Zongquan said anxiously: "Sir, do you really believe in Chu Huan's nonsense? If we divide our energy into finding any gaps, what if those bandits rushed down from the mountain?"

Guo Yang glared at Li Zongquan and said in a deep voice: "Do you listen to you or me?"

Seeing that Guo Yang looked bad, Li Zongquan did not dare to say anything, so he hurried down to send an order. Chu Huan was not idle, and called dozens of people under his command and looked for the ice-breaking gap on the river.

He vaguely felt that although he was completely speculation, the possibility was extremely high.

The Imperial Guards ambushed at the foot of the mountain were ordered and immediately scattered and looked for an exit on the river surface. Chu Huan knew that if the other party really wanted to escape from this place, the gap would definitely approach the other shore. Hei Shui River lined up and carried out a search. The Heishui River was quite wide. After walking for a while, he heard someone shouting not far away: "There is a gap here, a gap here..."

Chu Huan's spirits became tight. Could it be that she was really impressed by her, Lin Daier and others did escape from the ice?

He was about to go over when he heard a shout from the front left: "Here, there is a gap here... Sir, there is a gap here!"

Guo Yang, Chu Huan and others ran forward and saw that there was indeed an ice-breaking gap in front of them, which was only about ten steps away from the shore. The entrance of the cave was not small and could accommodate a person in and out.

Chu Huan and others looked solemn. Chu Huan had already squatted down, touched the edge of the hole with his hands, looked up at Guo Yang, and said, "These gaps have been opened in advance. The edges are flat. It is impossible for people to make such a neat gap under the ice."

Guo Yang looked angry and cursed: "Damn, these cunning bandits..."

Li Zongquan hurriedly said: "Sir, although there is a gap here, it does not mean that they are leaving here? Maybe they really want to leave here, but they may not have escaped!"

But Guo Yang had already asked Chu Huan: "Chi Wei General, do you think they have escaped from here?"

Chu Huan did not answer immediately, walked along the ice surface to the shore, looked straight at the shore for a few glances, shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid I've left." Guo Yang had already followed and looked at Chu Huan's gaze. He saw that there were footprints of trampling on the snow on the shore. He was very anxious and immediately drew his sword in his hand and shouted angrily: "Brothers, they have escaped, let's chase!" Without saying a word, he was the first to rush towards the woods on the shore. The soldiers did not dare to neglect, and rushed towards the shore like wolves.

Chu Huan frowned. He knew that since Lin Daier had come up with such a way to escape, he was very sure that even if the guards chased into the forest, they might not be able to catch up with the group of people.

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...

In Tongzhou City, the prefecture.

Zhao Guangqing, the magistrate of Tongzhou, sat by the fire wearing a warm brocade robe, holding the hot tea he had just delivered, tasted it, and gently placed the tea cup on the table next to him.

Although the cold wind outside was like a knife, the room was as warm as spring. He picked up a string of red sandalwood Buddhist beads on the table and skillfully fiddled with the Buddhist beads. The room was filled with sandalwood, and smoke was curling, and it was extremely quiet.

He turned his head and looked at Duan Xun, a Qianhu of Tongzhou Camp, who was dressed in military uniform next to him, and asked, "Wei Tianqing and the others have not come back yet?"

"The day before yesterday evening passed, and we asked us to stew meat before leaving, but now there are no soldiers and soldiers returning, and the meat in the pot is stewed to pieces." Duan Xun said carefully: "I don't know when they will come back to eat this bite of meat!"

Zhao Guangqing smiled faintly and said, "You send another hundred pigs outside the city!"

Duan Xun said: "My subordinates have sent people to prepare a hundred pigs and can be sent out at any time."

Zhao Guangqing showed satisfaction and smiled and said, "Duan Qianhu, now you are getting more and more skillful in your work. I feel very comforted." After a pause, he said calmly: "Two thousand elite soldiers are divided into four groups. They only took a rest for half a day before they set off... This Lord Wei is really resolute in his work." He smiled faintly: "It seems that Lord Wei is going to make some war in our Tongzhou!"

Duan Xun was about to speak, but heard a burst of rapid footsteps, and a report came from outside: "Sir, Lord Qi, Lord Guard, the commander of the Imperial Guard, has led his troops into the city!"

"Lead troops into the city?" Zhao Guangqing frowned: "How many people did he bring?"

"Take a hundred people." The visitor reported: "But they brought more than a dozen carriages with wooden boxes on them. I don't know what it was, and they were about to come to the mansion!"

Zhao Guangqing threw the Buddhist beads in his hand on the table, stood up, and immediately walked outside.

When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw Wei Tianqing and his group had already arrived at the gate of the mansion. Wei Tianqing turned over and got off the horse, but his face was indescribable. Behind him, hundreds of soldiers were guarding more than a dozen large carriages, and five or six large boxes were piled on each carriage.

Zhao Guangqing smiled and bowed to greet him, "Mr. Wei, I learned that you were in Tongzhou the day before yesterday. I wanted to meet you at that time, but I was busy with business and finally finished my business. I wanted to go there, but I heard that Mr. Wei led his troops to leave, but I had to meet today."

Wei Tianqing also bowed and said, "Mr. Zhao, I'm in a hurry and cannot come to the city to pay my respects. Please don't blame Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Guangqing smiled and said, "Mr. Wei said this. Come on, it's cold outside, let's talk about it again when you enter the mansion."

Wei Tianqing raised his hand and said, "Let's wait." He turned around and ordered, "Come on, bring all the boxes in!" The soldiers of the Imperial Guard agreed and immediately took action to move the wooden boxes from the carriage into the yard.

Zhao Guangqing looked suspicious on his face and asked, "Master Wei, what are these things? You must know that I don't accept gifts. I heard that you, Madam Wei, never give gifts!"

"Mr. Zhao must accept this gift today." Wei Tianqing's eyes were covered with bloodshot: "These things were exchanged for the lives of my fifty-four brothers!"

Zhao Guangqing suddenly changed color and hurriedly said, "What does Lord Wei mean?"

Wei Tianqing said: "Please take a look at these things first!"

Soon, nearly a hundred boxes had been moved to the magistrate's courtyard and piled up together. Zhao Guangqing looked at the boxes suspiciously. Wei Tianqing glanced at him and waved his hand. A soldier stepped forward and pried open the lids of several large wooden boxes with a knife. Wei Tianqing raised his hand and said, "Please take a look!"

Zhao Guangqing frowned, walked forward, looked at the boxes, his face changed slightly, turned around and looked at Wei Tianqing, and asked, "Master Wei, what's the point of bringing so many weapons here?"

Wei Tianqing pointed to the wooden boxes and said, "A total of 114 wooden boxes, of which forty-six are filled with steel knives, fifteen boxes are powerful crossbows, and the remaining fifty-three boxes are all filled with arrows...!"

Zhao Guangqing frowned and said, "I can see it, but Lord Wei asked me to see what I do?"

Wei Tianqing said with a cold face: "Mr. Zhao, this is the weapon you found in Heishui Mountain under your rule... My Qin strictly prohibits the public from hiding weapons privately, but there is a group of bandits entrenched in Heishui Mountain, and these weapons are hidden by them." He walked to Zhao Guangqing and stared at Zhao Guangqing's eyes: "I can also tell you that these weapons are only part of them, which were left by the bandits who had no time to transfer. There are also a large number of weapons that have been transferred and their whereabouts are unknown... Lord Zhao, you understand what I mean now, right?"
Chapter completed!