"Why should you be afraid? Mei Niang, you have not done anything wrong, so why should you be afraid?"
Shangguan Shenhao stood in front of the window railing and looked into the distance with his hands behind his back.
Wu Meiniang's 'Zhan Wen Pavilion' stands next to the river and has a nice view.
Wu Meiniang smiled bitterly: "Today, the Shangguan family's fifteen hundred soldiers, and the Tianping army's three thousand soldiers and horses near the contract, came to the ancient market, and the internal and external inspections were blocked, like a tight net. Who doesn't know the thunderous wrath of the master of the Shangguan family? May I ask Meiniang? How can you not be afraid?"
Wu Meiniang then looked solemn and said in a cautious voice: "If the Shangguan family asks who the murderer of Shangguan Longjian is, Meiniang really doesn't know! This fifth-grade master seems to have emerged from a crack in the stone. Those who came were not within Mei Niang’s ears and eyes. What’s more,——
The Nishenqi turmoil has not subsided, and there are at least ten unknown masters lurking in Xiushui County. Mei Niang can only get a glimpse of the whereabouts of some of them through some clues. But there are still some people who are good at hiding their traces. "
She did not mention that she had been entrusted by someone to pay attention to Shangguan Longjian's whereabouts.
Wu Meiniang would never dare to reveal even a word.
If Shangguan Longjian's death was exactly what Chu Xisheng did, wouldn't she, Wu Meiniang, be an accomplice?
If not, you're asking for trouble.
I was really tricked by that guy this time——
"It makes sense!" Shangguan Shenhao nodded slightly. He thought Wu Meiniang's words were sincere.
"What I want to know now is the situation of all the fourth- and fifth-grade masters in the county, especially their whereabouts, whereabouts, and directions at the time of the incident. The more detailed the better."
"Wait!"
Wu Meiniang thought for a moment and walked into the inner room.
She rummaged through the bookshelf inside for a moment, then took out a few stacks of documents and sent them to Shangguan Shenhao.
"Everything the head of the Shangguan family wants to know is here."
Shangguan Shenhao browsed through it for a while, and his eyes showed satisfaction: "Yes, Mei Niang, your news channel is indeed stronger than mine. I didn't know that Beitianmen and Supreme Xuanzong also have fourth-level masters entering our county. Thank you very much."
He took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and threw them on the table next to him.
And just when Shangguan Shenhao was about to leave, Chu Xuangjie suddenly asked: "I heard that you are the most well-informed know-it-all in Xiushui County? You should know about the death of my brother Chu Zhengyang, Mei Niang, if you have What clues are there? I’m willing to spend a lot of money to buy them. There are also the remaining members of Prince Ru, do you know their whereabouts?”
Wu Meiniang was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "Chu Zhengyang belongs to a thousand households in Linhai County. I don't pay much attention to the affairs in the other county, so I don't know what happened. However, there is speculation that Chu Zhengyang's death may be related to the Situ Li case. Then The tragedy in the ninth-level secret realm is unusual and cannot be done by him alone. As for the remaining party of the violent prince——"
She frowned: "Mr. Chu, you can go check it out yourself. The matter involves 'Swords Like a Dream'. Mei Niang still wants to live a little longer and doesn't dare to reveal a word."
Chu Xuangjie nodded slightly when he heard this, and followed Shangguan Shenhao out of the 'War Pattern Pavilion'.
Although Wu Meiniang did not reveal a word, this woman's attitude actually hinted that there were indeed activities by the ruthless prince's party in Linhai and Xiushui counties.
Unlike Jinyiwei and Liumen, they always found nothing——
Those few words before also gave Chu Zhengyang new ideas.
Just after going downstairs, Chu Xuangjie looked behind him thoughtfully: "This woman is a bit interesting. Who is she from? How can a mere war pattern master have such a broad and well-connected network and connect with eight people in Dongzhou?" county?"
Shangguan Shenhao walked down the stairs calmly, then pointed at a small mark on the door: "It belongs to this house."
Chu Xuangjie paid close attention and found that it was a small word "machine".
Not only is this word tiny, it's also very vague, making it almost undetectable if you don't pay attention.
Chu Xuangjie laughed dumbly: "It turns out to be Tianji Pavilion, a subordinate of Taoist Tianji."
The Tianji Pavilion not only operates the "Tianji Martial Arts", but also uses all kinds of information in this world to do business worth tens of millions of taels of magic silver.
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The Hu Kan brothers worked swiftly and contacted Dong Linshan from Lunwu Building for Chu Xisheng that morning.
The two parties made an appointment to meet at the ancient market the next night, and the location was set at the restaurant 'Zhiweiju' near the river.
However, Brother Hu Kan has to leave Xiushui by boat tomorrow morning, so he will definitely not be able to attend the banquet, so Chu Xisheng can only go there by himself.
At this time, the storm of Shangguan Longjian's death had spread to the county.
The whole city of Xiushui County was in turmoil and tense.
When Chu Xisheng went to Fuman Xiang Baozi Shop to buy raccoon meat steamed dumplings, she saw a large number of Shangguan family soldiers walking on the street. They were all fully armed and scanning the pedestrians on the street with cold eyes.
Chu Xisheng didn't take it seriously. The Shangguan family's behavior was not because they thought the whole county would be able to detect anything under martial law. They just wanted to remind the whole county in this way that the Shangguan family's power and prestige would not tolerate minor offenses!
People were indeed silent, not squinting when walking on the streets and not daring to speak. But when they left the street, they were still talking about each other, even gloating about their misfortune.
Chu Xisheng ate sour raccoon meat steamed dumplings and walked back to the martial arts hall with a satisfied look.
The secret code for buying four cages of raccoon meat steamed dumplings at Fuman Xiang Baozi Shop means receiving your salary.
Cao Xuan actually paid him. The two people's salary plus subsidies totaled 450 taels, which he could receive every month in the future.
Although this is not as profitable as a life-and-death contest, it is better than a long stream of water.
What's more, since he killed Tao Yuan with one sword, Zuo Yanei has not found a suitable opponent for him for more than a month, and no one dares to fight him.
Chu Xisheng felt a little regretful now. She really should have pretended to deal with it for a few rounds on stage.
As for Jin Yiwei's salary, as long as Cao Xuan doesn't mind that the brothers and sisters only eat and do nothing, Chu Xisheng can continue to receive it.
The taste of steamed raccoon meat dumplings is hard to describe. It tastes a bit sour and is a pity to throw away.
At this time, the atmosphere inside the martial arts hall was also a bit heavy.
Many martial arts disciples on the road were also whispering to each other and discussing this matter.
Shangguan Longjian is not only the legitimate son of the Shangguan family, but also a student of the martial arts school, ranking highly among the three-leaf inner sect.
This man's death had a great impact on the martial arts disciples.
Chu Xisheng's mentality was as usual, everything was as usual, and he did what he usually did.
Until the evening of the next day, Chu Xisheng first went to look in front of Chu Yunyun's room and found that Chu Yunyun was still sitting cross-legged inside, concentrating on condensing the true talisman.
Chu Xisheng looked carefully and found that the five runes were already condensing into one.
He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly, knowing that Chu Yunyun was about to break through, probably within a day or two.
Chu Xisheng went out directly without interrupting and headed to the east dock of the city.
More than a month ago, when he had just finished the life-and-death battle, Chu Xisheng would not have dared to go to the ancient market alone.
Walking down the streets of the ancient market, he would surely be torn to pieces by the angry gamblers.
However, after more than a month, the impact of this life and death battle has faded. And now that there are a large number of soldiers from the Tianping Army stationed in the ancient market, those usually domineering and arrogant people in the world will be restrained a lot.
But just as Chu Xisheng walked out of the martial arts hall gate, Lu Luanli followed him.
(End of chapter)
