After Mu Jingyu and the others came out of the woods where they were hiding, they followed the crowd into the Ice City. They were originally worried that there was something wrong with the masks that Mr. Ren gave them, but the Han family disciples who were guarding the city gate did not see the flaw. They only let the six people into the city after a few casual questions, which made them nervous. The mind is a little more stable.
Even though the cold wind blows outside the Ice City, the inside of the city is filled with warmth. Those pedestrians who entered the city all took off their thick coats, revealing the lighter clothes underneath. Mu Jingyu and others were amazed, and at the same time they also took off their thick coats, wearing only the thin clothes underneath.
After wandering aimlessly for more than half an hour, the six of them basically figured out the general layout of Ice City. The entire city is not large and can be divided into inner and outer cities.
The inner city located in the center is naturally the residence of the Han family. Although the area is not too large, it is heavily guarded. Except for the disciples of the Han family, no one else is allowed to approach the inner city.
When the six of them pretended to be nearby unintentionally, they were immediately stopped by disciples of the Han family. After being scolded, the six of them pretended to be frightened and exited the inner city tremblingly.
After looking for a nearby restaurant, the six of them came to a private room facing the window on the second floor and sat here temporarily to discuss countermeasures.
Mu Jingyu leaned against the window, listening to the voices of several people, but looking out the window. I saw the busiest street in Ice City on one side. There were many people walking on the road, and people were talking loudly. On the other side, in the direction of the inner city, it was heavily guarded and unusually quiet. Although there is only one street between the two sides, they seem to be separated into two worlds.
Shi Dahong, who was sitting opposite, saw Mu Jingyu looking out the window and thinking deeply. He said in a loud voice: "Junior brother Mu, according to my wishes, why not sneak into the Han family's mansion at night and steal the list. I don't believe it anymore. , will the Han family be more heavily guarded than the Emei sect?"
Shen Mengdie said: "What do you know? The reason why Brother Mu and Brother Qin were able to sneak into Mount Emei was all thanks to the help of Sister Yu and the people from Tianji Pavilion! Otherwise, let alone sneaking into Mount Emei secretly, they had not reached the mountain gate. It will be discovered.”
"Wait..." Zhou Yan suddenly thought of something, interrupted Shen Mengdie and said, "You mean, Tianji Pavilion? Yes, how could we forget Senior Taier's Tianji Pavilion!"
After hearing this, Su Yingying and Shen Mengdie's eyes lit up. When they sneaked into Mount Emei, Tianji Pavilion was able to help Mu Jingyu and Qin Yunchuan sneak in. Is the Han family's mansion now more difficult to enter than the Emei sect?
Who knows, but Qin Yunchuan shook his head and said: "Hey, Jingyu and I analyzed it as early as when we came out of the master's door. The Han family has been able to join the Jiuli tribe for so long without being discovered. Not only Han Everyone in the family can keep their mouths shut and not let the ordinary people in Ice City notice. It is very likely that even the people in Tianji Pavilion and Wangxian Tower have bribed them. Otherwise, the abilities of Senior Ether Er and Senior Jin Buhuan will not be noticed for five years. ?"
That's right, the names of Tianji Pavilion and Wangxian Tower are known even to their younger disciples, and they specialize in collecting intelligence from Kyushu. If even Master Taier and Jin Buhuan had not discovered that the Han family had taken refuge with the Jiuli tribe, either there was something wrong with the Xiang Master stationed here, or the Han family had known their identities for a long time and deliberately concealed them.
If you rashly go to Tianji Pavilion or Wangxian Tower, not only will you not be able to get help from them, but you will also be very likely to expose your own safety.
Shi Dahong said: "This won't work, that won't work either. I think it's better to just go back to the master's door. Anyway, now that we know the Han family's plan, what if we don't have a list of spies? As long as we can keep track of the movements of Han Yao and the others. , are you still afraid that the Han family can turn things upside down?"
Shen Mengdie curled up her fingers, hit Shi Dahong's head fiercely, and angrily shouted: "What are you calling nonsense! Han Yao and the others are just small characters, what's the use of finding them out? Those who are hidden in various factions, from The ones who don’t show up are the most important! What if we alert them and cause them to take action in advance?”
While the five people were arguing, Mu Jingyu, who had been silent, suddenly pointed out the window and said: "Look, the young man wearing cyan clothes walking from a distance looks familiar to me. Have you seen it somewhere?"
After hearing this, the five people looked out the window. Following the direction of Mu Jingyu's finger, he saw a young man wearing a blue shirt walking quickly alone among the lively crowd. Looking at the direction he was going, it was the Han family's mansion at the end of the street. It's just that he kept his head lowered, and several people looking down from upstairs couldn't see his face.
Qin Yunchuan said: "He keeps his head down. Judging from his figure alone, you can't tell who he looks like. Jingyu, are you wrong?"
Mu Jingyu said: "You didn't look at it just now. That person once raised his head and looked around, and I happened to see him. Even though it was a quick glance, I felt like I had seen him somewhere."
Su Yingying said: "Don't worry, everyone, just wait and see. What if he looks up again, can't we see his face? Besides, if it doesn't work, just follow him, and you can always find out his true identity."
Although Su Yingying said so, the direction the man was heading was obviously towards the Han family's mansion. If he keeps his head down and enters the Han family, they can't follow him in.
When they saw the man walking quickly to the restaurant under the six of them, he seemed to hear someone greeting him. He quickly raised his head and looked around, and this scene happened to fall into the eyes of the six of them.
"Is this person... I look familiar, but I can't remember who he is." Zhou Yan said, "Yingying, Xiaodie, do you know who he is?"
Su Yingying and Shen Mengdie shook their heads at the same time and said: "We are the same. We always feel that we have seen him there, but we can't remember who he is."
"Yi Hong, he is Yi Hong from Zhishou Hall!" Shi Dahong suddenly shouted in a low voice.
"Yes, it's him!" After hearing Shi Dahong say the word Yi Hong, Mu Jingyu suddenly realized and shouted: "He is the Yi Hong who practiced with us in Zhishou Hall. I remember that he entered Chaoyang Peak after the examination. I didn’t expect that six years later, I almost didn’t recognize him.”
After being reminded by the two of them, Su Yingying, Zhou Yan and Shen Mengdie finally remembered Yi Hong.
I remember when I was studying martial arts in Zhishou Hall, there were dozens of fellow disciples. The three girls of Zhou Yan were friends with Mu Jingyu and Qin Yunchuan, and they often practiced and played together. Apart from a few of them, there were not many people who knew each other well.
As for Yi Hong, a young man with an ordinary family background and mediocre cultivation, he would naturally not have much contact with Zhou Yan and others. Moreover, after the assessment, Yi Hong joined the Chaoyang Peak sect and had even fewer interactions with Zhou Yan, Su Yingying and others. Of course, they would not remember having such a fellow disciple.
However, during the first three years of his stay in Zhishou Hall, Shi Dahong was like most of the disciples. He was a child from an ordinary family. In addition, his qualifications at the beginning were mediocre. Naturally, he was like disciples like Yi Hong most of the time. They practice alone and rarely have contact with others.
It was only when the assessment was approaching that he showed his extremely high cultivation level. After being discovered by Fan He, he worked hard to train him, and then he was able to enter Tianjue Peak's sect during the assessment.
Therefore, Shi Dahong could recognize Yi Hong at a glance. After all, when he was at Zhishoutang, Yi Hong was more talented than Shi Dahong. He often asked Yi Hong for advice, so he recognized him at a glance today.
"Good boy, you have good eyesight!" Shen Mengdie was dressed like a strong man at the moment, patted Shi Dahong on the shoulder and praised him.
"Wait a minute, who are you talking about Yi Hong? Why have I never heard of this name before!" Qin Yunchuan was a disciple of Zunyi Hall at the time. He usually only hung out with Mu Jingyu, Zhou Yan and others, so of course he was not interested in Zhishou Hall. The rest of the disciples know very little about it.
"He is a disciple of Zhishou Hall. Brother Qin, you are a disciple of Zunyi Hall. Of course..." After saying this, Mu Jingyu suddenly remembered that when he first participated in the training, it was Yi Hong who pretended to take care of him, and then He took him to the depths of Yunsong and Bamboo Forest, and was framed by Han Yao's people. If Qin Yunchuan hadn't arrived in time to rescue him, he would have suffered a lot that day.
However, it was precisely because of this incident that the two got to know each other and became good brothers who could live and die together! Speaking of which, Mu Jingyu also wanted to thank Han Yao for the evil plot he set up!
After Mu Jingyu's reminder, Qin Yunchuan finally remembered Yi Hong: "So it's him! After so many years, I almost can't remember this person."
Zhou Yan withdrew his gaze and said doubtfully: "But why did he suddenly come to Ice City? If he came to send invitations to the Han family for the Taoism Conference under the order of the master, he would not be able to come. Ah! Moreover, there are only more than ten days left before the Tao Discussion Conference is held. The elders in the sect should have sent invitations long ago. Even Yi Hong, as an accompanying disciple, should have returned to the sect long ago. It’s impossible to stay here and not leave.”
Mu Jingyu snorted coldly and said, "What else could he do here? Of course he is to be Han Yao's lackey and come to Ice City to help him deliver the news!"
Originally, Mu Jingyu had long forgotten what happened in the pine and bamboo forest. After meeting Yi Hong today, judging from what happened back then and the current situation, he should have defected to Han Yao at that time.
Shen Mengdie said: "Brother Mu, why don't we follow him? Maybe we can get some useful information."
Mu Jingyu said: "Don't worry, I think he is going to the Han family's residence. Let's stay here and check the situation."
While talking, Na Yihong suddenly stopped and looked around blankly after walking not far away, as if he heard someone calling him again.
Speaking of which, since Yihong followed Han Yao's order to lure Mu Jingyu to the Yunsong and Bamboo Forests, he only put the poison into a bomb that Guo Qingshan gave to Mu Jingyu on the eve of the assessment three years later. In the elixir. In the next six years, apart from occasionally passing on some news in Chaoyang Peak to Han Yao on time, I never did anything for him.
Yi Hong originally thought that Han Yao didn't want to reuse him anymore. Who would have thought that just a few days ago, Bai Yizhou, following the instructions of Master Tianyang, personally took dozens of his disciples to Xihan Yuanzhou to distribute invitations, inviting all the sects of big and small aristocratic families to Jiuhua Mountain to participate in the five-year event. discussion conference.
Originally, for things like this, there was no question that he, Yi Hong, would follow him out of the mountain. But he didn't expect Han Yao to tell him early that he would follow Bai Yizhou to Xihan Yuanzhou. Moreover, after Bai Yizhou sends the invitation to Han Wenyuan, he will stay in the Ice City secretly. There are still important things that need to be left to him.
Yi Hong, who was originally worried that he would not be reused by Han Yao, was immediately elated when he heard that he had entrusted him with important matters. He nodded hurriedly in agreement, and then followed Bai Yizhou to leave Jiuhua Mountain.
But after arriving at Ice City, he saw that Bai Yizhou had finished sending the invitations and led his disciples back to the master's gate. Only he followed Bai Yizhou's order and hid quietly and did not follow back to the master's gate.
But for several days, Han Wenyuan never called him again except summoning him once at the beginning. At the beginning, Yihong took advantage of his free time to visit his family. It's just that as time passed, Yi Hong became a little anxious.
Just when he was getting impatient, Han Wenyuan's closest attendant, Han Xing, found him. Let Yi Hong walk around the city as he pleases and wait for the next order.
Although Han Xing did not tell him the purpose of doing this, Yi Hong still followed Han Xing's instructions and wandered aimlessly in the Ice City.
