The joint investigation between Qi Jing and Qi Jing into Jiang Wang's fall into Frostwind Valley has lasted for seven days, involving nine major human cities including Yanlao and Tieyan.
It could be said that it was like a comb that carefully combed through thousands of miles around, but the strange real person who used Mei Xuelin to attack Jiang Wang and repel Ji Zhaonan could not be combed out.
If a real person in this world deliberately conceals something, it will naturally be difficult to find out. Every real person has his own legend, and it is not difficult to hide his cultivation.
But whether in the current world or in the Civilization Basin, Qi Jing is among the most powerful forces in the world. The two countries have jointly set aside an area and conducted a thorough investigation. It can be said that if there is even the slightest suspicion, it is almost impossible to hide it.
However, after seven days of investigation, no results came out. This of course gives rise to reasonable doubt - is there really a strange real person?
Could it be that one of the people guarding the demon world? There are three real people in this world who are secretly operating in the Nine Cities, but who are exposed publicly. They are the real person of Jingguo who killed the disaster, Pei Xinghe, the general of Chu, Han Que, and the real person of the clan of Muguo, He Lian Yuyi.
Among these real people, Pei Xinghe has a great reputation, needless to say
Han Que was the commander of the Chu State's right wing in the Battle of the River Valley. It was the collapse of the right wing he commanded and the retreat of the army that turned back into the central army, which caused Zuo Guanglie's surprise attack on Fengyang Mountain to lose its strategic value, making the entire war hopeless. A tragic ending to redemption. Fortunately, he escaped with his life during the war. After his defeat, he cut off all his titles and entered the gate of all demons, vowing to spend his life to atone for his sins.
He had a son named Han Li who was on good terms with Xiang Bei. Jiang Wang had met him in Huangliangtai, Chu State.
And Helian Yuyi is another living person from the Mu Kingdom clan, the backbone of the Damu royal family, the direct cousin of Queen Damu, and the aunt of Helian Yunyun.
During the ongoing war in Frostwind Valley, Han Que and Helian Yuyi had both appeared on the battlefields they were responsible for, and there was absolutely no time to go to Frostwind Valley to stir up trouble.
Although Pei Xinghe was not on the battlefield, he was meeting with Qin's envoy at that time - Qin people certainly had no obligation to cover up for Jing Guo. On the other hand, even telling this matter in public showed that Jing Guo wanted to clear his suspicions. Sincerity in avoiding strategic misjudgments
As for the Qin State, Gan Xie, the real person in charge of the demon world battlefield in the Qin State, also publicly stated that sending Qin State messengers to the great city of Jing State was to communicate defense issues at the junction of jurisdictions.
The strange real person has not been found, and all the real people on the surface have evidence to clear their suspicions.
Therefore, after this investigation, everything is still stagnant. As Xiu Yuan expected, the mysterious mastermind may have already erased his traces and escaped.
Gaoling City.
As one of the large cities of Jingguo in the northern part of the Civilization Basin, Gaoling City is much more majestic than Tieyan City. The straight-line distance between the two is about 800 miles, which can be regarded as the horns of each other.
"Jingzong." Chu Zicheng, who was slightly drunk, said curiously: "The Marquis Wu'an of Qi who had an accident recently, I heard that he was originally from your Zhuang country?" Chu Zicheng, who was born in Ji State, , the cultivation level of the second mansion does not yet have magical powers, and it is difficult to obtain magical powers in the foreseeable future.
The new ones are not as good as the previous ones, but more than the inferior ones.
His apparent identity is that he is a talented person from a commoner family in Ji State. He relied on his own efforts to obtain extraordinary opportunities and gradually cultivated to the realm of the inner palace. Now he is serving in Gaoling City, tying his head to his belt, and earning some cultivation qualifications - this is also the norm for many monks from small countries in the Central Region, and Ji Country itself has little chance to give it to him.
But his actual identity is that he is a member of Jingguo Jingshi Tai. He was recruited at a very young age and secretly carried out intelligence matters as a practitioner of the Ji Kingdom.
At this moment, Qiao Jingzong, who was sitting opposite him and drinking with him, was an internal monk from Zhuang State, ranked seventh among the interesting eight heroes of Xin'an. At the beginning of this year, through the relationship with the Taoist country, he came to the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons and joined Gaoling City to serve. Today's Zhuang State is of course much stronger than Ji Guo. But if you want to earn a living behind the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons on your own, it is still not enough. You still have to rely on Jingguo's banner.
The two of them had met on the battlefield before and were familiar with each other, but they were not close friends. But friends, after drinking and chatting for a few times, they become friends.
Friends are not an important word these days. Friends often know how to hurt you better.
After a big battle, it was natural for him to invite Qiao Jingzong for a drink. When the wine is in full swing, it's natural to chat about the latest hot topics.
Qiao Jingzong was originally from the Qiao country. Because he saw no way out in his own country, he traveled to other countries and joined the Ming Dynasty. As expected, he was highly used in the Zhuang Kingdom, and his cultivation level even improved, he opened the inner palace, and ranked among the eight heroes of Xin'an, ranking above Jiang Liuyue, who was born and raised in the Zhuang Kingdom.
At this time, he was just circling the wine glass and looking at Chu Zicheng with drunken eyes: "What's there to say about that person?"
Chu Zicheng raised the cup and touched it with him: "In the world of Heavenly Prison, life and death are common things. People like us, how can dozens or hundreds of people not die on the battlefield one day? Who cares? The geniuses who have always had troubles in Heavenly Prison, also There are quite a few of them. Like the one from Jingguo before, it was only this Marquis of Wu'an who had an incident in Frostwind Valley and made such a big fuss. I can't hide my curiosity, so let's chat casually."
Qiao Jingzong took a small sip and smiled: "I haven't been to Zhuang country for a damn long time. He was already gone when I went there. What the hell do I know?"
"It's just a casual chat. It doesn't have to be about what you saw or understood." Chu Zicheng smiled and said: "What others say is fine. For example, what do people in Zhuang think of him?"
"How else can we look at it?" Qiao Jingzong said, "You dare not speak if you dare to be angry." Oh? Chu Zicheng asked: "How do you say this?" "
Qiao Jingzong hesitated to speak, and shrank his neck warily: "Don't dare to talk nonsense, the people of Qi are very fierce now, so let's not talk about it."
"Brother, you have aroused my curiosity." Chu Zicheng looked around and lowered his voice: "Tell me quickly! Is there anyone in the world who is guilty of gossiping? Be at ease. What Brother Qiao said today is true. From your mouth to my ears, no third party will know." Qiao Jingzong refused again.
Chu Zicheng persuaded again.
Probably because he drank too much, Qiao Jingzong finally snorted: "Actually, there is nothing to say, but you should have heard about the Fenglin City in Zhuangguo? His letter is very famous. Many people in Zhuangguo feel that Fenglin City He was the biggest gainer when it came to Lin City Territory.
Benefits. The killing of Zhang Linchuan a while ago made a huge fuss and uprooted the Wu Sheng Sect, just to silence him. Like him, Zhang Linchuan was also from Fenglin City, Qinghe County, and was from one of the three major local surnames. What is the predecessor of Wusheng Cult? But it’s still the White Bones Way! "
"This is so!"
Of course, Chu Zicheng knew these commonplace topics discussed by Zhuang Guo's senior officials. But he still looked shocked.
Then he said: "Then you should all be happy when something happens to him this time, right?"
"Hey, what should I say?" Qiao Jingzong said: "I have only been in Zhuang Country for two years. To be honest, I have no feelings for that big shot. I am not sure whether he is the culprit of Maplewood City. .So I can’t say whether I’m happy or unhappy. But maybe my colleagues are very happy, right?”
"That's true. He and you have nothing to do with each other." Chu Zicheng drunkenly agreed and poured him a drink. Suddenly he thought of something else: "By the way, I went to see you for a drink at the end of last month. What's wrong with you?" Not here? My trip was in vain!"
Although Gaoling City is a large city located in the demon world, there are also many restaurants and gambling houses, giving warriors who are fighting for life and death a place to relax their emotions. During the war, the soldiers were always in the military camp, and they followed military orders when they moved, sat, and lay. Those who have been rotated will also be provided with dormitories in the city. With Qiao Jingzong's cultivation level, he can already live in a single room in Gaoling City, and he can have extremely free time outside of war.
Qiao Jingzong frowned with a heavy drunkenness: "At the end of last month? What day?" Chu Zicheng was half drunk and said vaguely: "Can't you remember the twenty-eighth of the winter lunar month? The twenty-ninth?"
"Did you drink too much?" Qiao Jingzong pointed at him and mocked: "We were still in the military camp those days! Although we are no longer on the battlefield, we must do morning exercises every day, and there is no curfew. What kind of wine can you ask me to drink? ?”
The twenty-eighth of the winter lunar month this year is a relatively sensitive day. It was on this day that Marquis Wu'an of the State of Qi fell into the Frostwind Valley. The current investigation all over Zhucheng started from this.
"Look at my memory!" Chu Zicheng patted his forehead: "I forgot all about this! Then I may have gone to see you a few days later, but I must have been there, and you were indeed not at home!"
Qiao Jingzong drank the wine and said with a smile: "Brother Chu also knows that I like to play around with money and don't often stay in my dormitory. Next time you come to see me, you have to make an agreement in advance in the military camp. Otherwise, you will miss the opportunity and blame me again." "Chu Zicheng is a senior Jingshitai intelligence officer. Of course he will not keep focusing on one topic to arouse the target's vigilance, so he smiled drunkly and said: "Then let's make a decision. If the next round of war is over, if we can all survive, So you come here to drink!”
"Okay!" Qiao Jingzong nodded first, then shook his head: "No, no, no!"
He squinted his eyes and smiled a little bit: "Hey, I almost forgot, there is a letter from the court, calling me back! I have had enough experience this year, I probably won't participate in the next round of war."
Chu Zicheng was stunned for a moment and said: "That's right! You can't lift your head for too long with your head on the waistband. A talent like Brother Qiao,
They should be trained by Zhuang Ting Haosheng. Come, Brother Qiao, I’ll toast you with a toast, and I’ll treat you as a farewell person! "
"Brother Chu." Qiao Jingzong raised the cup and said sincerely: "When you return to this world, come to Zhuang Country to find me. I'll treat you to some authentic Qinghe wine and Daishan venison!"
For those who have been fighting in the demon world all year round, this is undoubtedly quite honest.
Sincere blessings.
Chu Zicheng felt a little emotional for a moment: "Unknowingly, it has been three years since I came to the Demon Realm. These three years have been spent in Gaoling City. I have seen all the high and low buildings in the city. I almost forgot what my hometown looks like!"
During his childhood in the Kingdom of Ji, his secret training and assessment at the Mirror World Stage, and the past few years in the demon world, sometimes he couldn't tell who he was.
He calmed down and clinked glasses with Qiao Jingzong: "With your blessing, I will work hard for two more years before returning to this world. Brother Qiao will definitely be a high official of the Zhuang Kingdom by then, so don't forget me."
"What are you talking about? We have been on the battlefield together. It is a life-long friendship. Who can forget who?" Qiao Jingzong raised his voice and said, "Come! I won't get drunk this time and I won't come back!"
The two were talking, laughing, and making noise. After talking some stupid words, looking forward to the future, and drinking for a while, we patted each other on the shoulders and left drunkenly.
It was such a peaceful day in Gaoling City.
These are two ordinary human warriors.
In front of the wine shop's flag wave, two heroes who had fought the monsters head-on on the battlefield walked on each side and were scattered at both ends of the long street. One walked slowly, the other staggered.
But after turning his back, Qiao Jingzong's eyes became very cold and Chu Zicheng's eyes were frighteningly bright.
Today is the seventh day of drilling into Shiwan Mountain. Jiang Wang gradually felt that the situation in the mountain was getting worse and worse.
Since the past few days, there have been many organized demon soldiers among the demon tribe that entered the mountain. They swept across in groups, cutting down trees in patches, strangling evil beasts, and clearing away the miasma.
Did something happen over there in Frostwind Valley? -Jiang Wang thought in hindsight at this time.
It must be mentioned that the language of the demon clan is really difficult to learn, and its level of difficulty is no less difficult than that of cutting through the sea with a sword. There are so many ethnic groups and species in the demon clan, there are literally thousands of categories.
Although they obviously have a unified language, the innate influence of their respective species cannot be eliminated at all. For example, the little demons of the Feather Clan generally have very high-pitched voices, while the pig demons always speak with strange accents, making their language more or less deformed.
Those little monsters have no problem communicating on their own, but for a studious person who has learned the monster language from scratch, it is too much torture. He has met so many little monsters these days, and none of them have the same accent! As a result, he was sensitive and eager to learn, so he studied hard for so many days, but he still couldn't get started. I can barely understand a few simple phrases.
for example
"Trash", "Go to hell", "Kill you", "Get away".
Learning any language starts with mastering its curse words - Jiang Jue believes that this can be regarded as a great discovery in linguistics. However, the language is not yet fully understood, and it does not affect Jiang Wang's ability to make his own decisions about the current situation. judge.
If the little monsters who entered the mountain earlier were more likely to be performing some kind of mission as free agents - he was already 90% certain that the targets of these little monsters should be those weird bugs in the mountain.
As for these demon soldiers who have recently entered the mountain, they are obviously cleaning up the environment, eliminating hidden dangers, expelling idle demons, and collecting war materials.
Shui's set of war preparations, as a military veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, is already very familiar with it. Shui's set of war preparations, as a military veteran who has experienced many battlefields, he is already very familiar with them.
His sense of war has been awakened.
Those little demons who were not soldiers were driven further into the mountains and forests. This just showed that in this area that included Frostwind Valley, a war was obviously about to break out!
And it is definitely not the previous model of small groups of elites fighting each other in Frostwind Valley.
Who else can the demon clan fight against near this hundred thousand mountains? The answer is self-evident.
In other words, the silent period in Frostwind Valley may have ended early due to some accident! Just like it started in advance under the influence of that mysterious man
When making this judgment, Jiang Wang felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.
He knew that if a race war really breaks out in this area, it must have some relationship with him.
Is Qi Jun coming to save him?
Is it the will of the Emperor of Qi?
Or even a big move in the entire civilization basin?
At this moment, he did not know the specific situation, nor could he capture and kill several demon soldiers to interrogate the information, because the disappearance of army soldiers was the easiest to detect. Which army, which unit, which team is missing which soldier, will be discovered at the latest that night. After tracing the origin for a while, it was difficult for him to hide it.
His injuries are far from healed at this moment. The treatment these days has only solved some skin wounds - for a Shenlin monk who is very difficult to get injured, any wound requires the consumption of many precious medicines to heal. The wound medicine he carries with him, It also applies to this. And with the injuries he has suffered now, if he wants to recover as soon as possible, he needs to lie down in the imperial hospital and use special techniques and professional medical techniques to deal with it. He has to ask a real person like the imperial doctor to perform acupuncture.
There are so many conditions that are not met at the moment.
But he still made a bold decision
He decided to sneak back to the vicinity of Frostwind Valley, take a look at the situation there with his own eyes, and look for opportunities to steal back to the Civilized Basin!
