The mule cart rumbled through the mountains and forests at a leisurely pace. The mules' hooves stepped on the gravel, making a "ta-da" sound.
There was a little silence in the carriage, and then the lady laughed:
"Hahaha, big sister, you are so brave!"
The girl was startled for a moment, then raised her slender eyebrows, showing her evil spirit: "Stop talking nonsense, did you tell me your weakness? You organized people to go up immediately, and you have no good intentions towards Zhuoyu Villa."
The lady did not answer, but continued to smile with her sleeves hidden, and said: "Not only are you brave, but you are also very confident. Look, my sons are outside and there is no one around. Even if I have bad intentions, how can you stop me?" And me?"
The girl stared at her, seeing her trembling with laughter, her expression gradually wavering, sometimes suspicious, sometimes relieved, looking hesitant, and said: "Don't you have any malice? The murderous aura in you is really strong."
The lady gradually stopped smiling, stared at her, and said thoughtfully: "So keen... Sister, you have unique skills. No wonder you dare to come all the way from Daizhou to Yunzhou alone. It's a thousand-mile journey, so it's not easy to walk." of."
At this time, a young man's voice in front said: "Madam, is something wrong?"
The lady raised her voice and said, "No, I was having a great time chatting with the older girl."
The young man said, "Yes. I'm outside. Call me if you need anything." After that, there was silence.
The lady blinked at the girl and said, "Who wants him to be troublesome? Even if we have a little misunderstanding, it will be fine once we talk it over. Look, don't we feel at ease with each other now?"
The girl frowned and said, "You didn't explain a word, why are you so relieved?"
The lady smiled and said: "I never doubted you from the beginning. What an innocent and cheerful girl, how could she be a bad person? What about you, you had doubts about me before, but now you are relieved, right? Just now you But he relaxed all of a sudden.”
Before the girl could say anything else, the lady continued: "But I'm very surprised. You only asked me two questions and I didn't answer. Why didn't you doubt it yourself? Could it be that in addition to asking questions, you also used What kind of mind-reading method did you use to see through me? Is it swordsmanship? So, sister, you are a swordsman?"
As she continued to talk, the girl suddenly became a little discouraged, and finally she could only say: "It's swordsmanship. When I asked you just now, if you had malicious intentions, I would definitely know it." By saying this, she admitted that she no longer had any doubts. The other party looked at me and frowned again, "What about you? Why don't you suspect that I have bad intentions? How do you know that I have dropped my suspicion? You also used swordsmanship?"
The lady smiled and said: "No. I am not a swordsman, and I don't know how to swordsmanship. I really envy you swordsmen, how majestic, powerful, and endless your methods are. The eldest sister is already a swordsman at such an age, and I am even more envious of you. As for why I guessed that you are no longer suspicious - I can see it." She tapped her eyes with her fingers. "I have lived a few more years and met more people. Experience is not as good as swordsmanship. It's magical, but sometimes it's also very convenient. I can tell at a glance that the eldest sister is a good and upright girl, so how could I doubt you?"
Although she was older, her words were still as lively as a little girl's. Coupled with the endless compliments, the girl couldn't stand it any longer and said "hmm" a few times.
Seeing her like this, the lady took the initiative to reach out and hold her, and said: "Sister, we are all on the same journey and are good friends of Zhuoyu Villa. It is equivalent to us being friends. We are so close to each other, why should we be secretive? What? My surname is Hua, what about you?"
The girl was not able to be reserved at this point and said: "My surname is Yun, Yun Xiyan. Since my wife's surname is Hua and she has such a temperament, I think of a person. People in the world call her Huarong..."
The lady said: "That's me. King of Flowers."
Yun Xiyan suddenly realized and said: "It's your fault... your convoy is full of murderous intent. I thought..."
Yunxi Yan came from Daizhou and was invited by Tang Zhao to participate in the sword-making conference. She and Tang Zhao met at the Fu Meeting, and they had a good friendship. She was a loyal person. Tang Zhao invited her. Although they were thousands of miles away, why not come? Not only did he come, he was also very considerate.
It turned out that there had been rumors about what happened at Zhuoyu Villa for a long time. Although Feitian Cave was remote, it was powerful and had a lot of information. She vaguely heard that Zhuoyu Villa was in trouble, so she worried about him, thinking that Brother Tang, although He is smart and capable, but he is still young, and Zhuoyu Villa is a small force. If he encounters big trouble like Fu Hui, how can he deal with it? It just so happened that she had just become a swordsman, and her power was much stronger than that of Fu Hui. She came over and could help at least.
Of course, she had just become a swordsman, and she wanted to test her skills a little bit.
So she hurried here on a starry night. Although the journey was far, she came earlier than others. She planned to go up the mountain to have a look first, but she didn't want to run into Mrs. Huarong and her party.
"But madam, you brought so many things with you from the mountain back to the mountain. What are so many people doing?" Yun Xiyan pointed to the mule cart outside, "The meeting lasts only a few days. Even if you are giving gifts, will you need so many things? Anyway? It can’t really be my daughter-in-law’s dowry, right?”
After hearing this, Mrs. Huarong glanced out the window, as if looking at the surrounding situation, and said: "Some of them are gifts, for Mr. Swordsmith, Mr. Tang, and my daughter. But some are gifts. To be on the defensive.”
Yun Xiyan looked startled and said: "So you have heard the rumors too. I heard that the rumors are very detrimental to Zhuoyu Villa."
Mrs. Huarong said: "It's not that I've heard rumors, I've seen omens. You know that our King of Hell shop is the number one killer organization in the world, specializing in accepting murder commissions. But there is another organization called 'Ghost Turmo' 'Have you heard of it?"
Yun Xiyan said: "I've heard of it. It is an underground organization that accepts various commissions. It accepts all kinds of black and gray commissions such as finding objects, intelligence, smuggling, and black markets... Is that organization related to the King of Hell Store..."
Mrs. Huarong said: "That is not my family's business, but I personally have a small stake in it." She gestured with her hands and said "small", "So I also have inside information. This month, That is to say, after the news of the Sword Forging Conference came out, there was a large volume of information about the Sword Forging Conference in Guituima. Of course, most of the transactions were between buyers and sellers, and we just served as a platform. There was only one mysterious long-term task. The reward is very high, there are many people accepting it, and the buyer is very mysterious—it’s the invitation to the Sword Forging Conference.”
Yun Xiyan said "Ah", feeling bad, and said: "But the invitation and the list are in one-to-one correspondence. Only those who match the invitation can go up the mountain. What's the use of collecting them?"
Mrs. Huarong said: "When you see the price, you should know that for such a high price, you are not buying the piece of paper on the invitation, but the identity associated with that piece of paper. As long as you are willing to sell it, it is easy for people to fake it. .Gui Tui Mo also provides fake disguise services. I can’t say it’s perfect, but most people will definitely not be able to tell.”
Yun Xiyan was very angry and said: "In addition to friends, the invitations are also famous people from all over the country, right? How can you sell yourself for money? Madam, can you stop this kind of thing?"
Mrs. Huarong sighed: "Gui Tuo Mo is not a one-person business. There must be rules. If each shareholder did not accept the tasks related to Gui Tuo Mo, Gui Tuo Mo's brand would have collapsed long ago. I can get some inside information. It's very good." It’s not easy. As for the VIPs at the Sword Making Conference, many people’s fame actually has a price. It’s just that generally no one bids, so they can’t realize it, which makes them appear to be just superficial. There are also Zhuoyu Villas, they In order to save face and restore the reputation of the village owner, I invited guests from all over the place and invited too many irrelevant people, which is really dangerous."
Yun Xiyan said: "I heard that it was because there were bad rumors before, so they wanted to make the sword-making meeting bigger... They should really be persuaded."
Mrs. Huarong said: "If you don't want to persuade, don't persuade. In addition to the invitation, there is also a big deal about them, which is to purchase a map of Zhuoyu Villa. The more detailed the better. The reward is also very generous. Even later, There are also people who want to form a team to go to Jiugao Mountain for surveying and mapping. I think Zhuoyu Villa has been a headache these days. Fortunately, this is Yunzhou, and there is Jichun City to block it. However, after such a long time, it is just piecemeal, peripheral It’s time to figure out the map. The next step is to organize teams of people to climb up the mountain from the outside. A joint internal and external attack is a desperate plan."
Yun Xiyan said unhappily: "How arrogant. You don't take Zhuoyu Villa seriously. At that time, Fu Hui and the others did not dare to make such a fuss in public. Bullying Zhuoyu Villa is not as powerful as Long Yuan."
Mrs. Huarong said: "There's not much I can do. I sent the news, but I don't know much about it. I don't even know the identity of the person who bought it. I can only give a rough idea. As for myself, I just took my family and some weapons to defend the city and went up the mountain to help out."
In fact, Mrs. Huarong was also hesitant to wade into troubled waters. After all, Zhuoyu Villa seemed to be ambushed from all sides, and the chance of winning was not high. But she weighed the two. Firstly, mother and daughter were concerned. Secondly, even if the sword-making failed, the swordsmith was unlikely to die, and it still had great investment value. Moreover, Yunzhou had always been looking forward to finding a real swordsmith. , maybe someone from Gao Yuanhou will come to help and turn the crisis around? After much deliberation, we decided to openly lead a large team up the mountain to show our sincerity.
Her group of people were all killers from the King of Hell shop, and they had a lot of luggage. In the eyes of a keen person like Yun Xiyan, they couldn't help but be suspicious, so they came to ask about this matter.
Yun Xiyan gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to ruin my brother's good deeds, it depends on whether my sword agrees or not."
Mrs. Hua Rong shared the information, which naturally brought the two of them closer, and she deliberately made friends with this powerful young swordsman with a bright future. Yun Xiyan had no city, and he was bold and loved to make friends. The two of them traveled in the same car all the way, even though they had just met. Within a day or two, it felt like we had just met each other year after year.
The seven carts had been traveling into the mountains for most of the day when they suddenly stopped slightly. Just listen to the handlebar report in front: "Madam, it's foggy."
