"What Mr. Yun meant was that those who collaborated with the bandits were originally from Jin. How could we start talking about this?" Gu Xiao had never set foot in the court, so naturally he didn't understand this and spoke in surprise.
Qi Tao knew that if he wanted to conquer people like the young man in the world, he needed to make them admire him so that they could serve him wholeheartedly, just like when Yan Ruohai was taken under his father's command, so he patiently explained to the young man: "Three men in the world Before we were divided, all of them were named Zhao Ye, and they were all ministers of the Zhao Kingdom. Perhaps...these people were originally from Jin before they became loyal to me, Qi Yun."
Before the world was divided into three parts, it was all Zhao Tu. After the chaos in Shenzhou, the world was divided into three parts. Gu Xiao naturally knew it. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized what Mr. Yun meant. Could there be spies planted by the Jin State above Qi Yun's court.
When I thought about it again, I was shocked. Then I remembered General Wan who had been deprived of military power, and quickly said: "Could it be that General Wan..."
Seeing Mr. Yun gently shaking his head, Gu Xiao felt relieved. He did not want to hear from Mr. Yun that Qi Yun's Northern Territory Commander, Tianya Brother and other Mohists who had guarded the border for Qi Yun for many years risked their lives to save him. The person was a spy stationed in Qi Yun by the Northern Jin Dynasty... Since General Wan was innocent, why was he escorted to Beijing? Gu Xiao was even more confused and had to ask Mr. Yun for advice.
"According to what Brother Yun just said, General Wan is not a spy placed by Jin Dynasty in my Qiyun. Why was he deprived of military power and escorted to Beijing? Mr. Yun please explain."
Qi Tao sighed slightly and said: "Brother Mu, this officialdom is not a world of politics. It involves a lot of things. If you make a wrong step, you will be in an abyss."
Gu Xiao heard the implication from the few words Master Yun said, and couldn't help but secretly thought, indeed, when General Wan was in Lingzhou, he already knew about his own situation, and out of desperation, he sent the guard Yan The matter of the northern defense map was entrusted to myself.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao immediately felt as if there was a heavy burden on his shoulders. He felt that General Wan's entrustment not only entrusted Yanbei's defense plan to his own hands, but also entrusted the thousands of people and soldiers in Qiyunbei to His life was entrusted to him.
"Brother Mu...Brother Mu!"
When Qi Tao saw the mention of Wan Jun, the eyes of the young man beside him flickered, as if he had remembered something, and he called softly. At the same time, he secretly thought in his heart, could this young man have anything to do with Wan Jun, but he changed his mind and gave up this idea. The two people have different identities, so there would be no intersection. He just said that Wan Jun has been in the northern border of Qiyun for many years, and this young man is like The other common people are just feeling the pain of Wanjun guarding the border.
"Ah, I'm sorry, Brother Yun." Gu Xiao saw Mr. Yun's bright eyes. Although his eyes were soft, they showed the light that could see through people's hearts. He quickly calmed down and secretly made up his mind to conceal the entrustment of General Wan for the time being. The Yanbei defense plan.
Just as Gu Xiao and Qi Tao were trying to figure out each other's thoughts in the hall, Mo Ti had already walked out of the back hall, walked to the two of them, saluted Qi Tao, and respectfully handed the things in his hands to Gu and Xiao. Said: "The back mountain of our Mojun County is connected with the Yanbei Mountain. There is a lot of miasma in it. Therefore, we, the common people of Mojun, crush herbs and put them in layers to make face towels. Wear them on your face when you go up the mountain. Prevent poisonous miasma from entering the body."
After hearing this, both Gu and Xiao carefully put their face towels into their arms, and the three of them immediately left the County Sheriff's Department and rode towards the back mountain of Mo County.
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At this time, in the Mojun Mountain of Yanbei, a group of eight people were riding slowly on horseback. The leader had a ferocious face and a heavy single sword on his waist. It was said to be a single sword, but the back of the knife was two fingers wide and the horse was struggling to move forward while sitting down. The way he walked showed the weight of the knife.
Behind him were seven people closely following him. They were different from ordinary traveling merchants and escort agencies. These seven people all had stern expressions on their faces, and their eyes kept scanning the places they passed, as if they wanted to find something in the mountains.
As these people walked along, no one spoke a word. Only the cold wind in the mountain and the sound of dead trees sounded, which was extremely depressing.
After about a stick of incense, the leader reined up his horse and stopped moving forward. Seeing this, several people behind him also reined in their horses and looked up at the leading man, all showing fear.
"Have Tao San and the others come back?" The ferocious man did not look back, but just spoke to himself. When someone behind him heard this, he quickly got off his horse and walked quickly to the man's side.
"Elder Wei, Tao San Tao Si has not returned yet. We have left a mark along the road. As long as they complete what the elder told them, they will naturally follow the mark to find them." The man said respectfully.
"The nine of you have been working in Qingcang Pavilion for many years. You have always been reliable in doing things. The young master has just chosen me to handle such an important matter. If anything goes wrong..." As the evil man spoke, his big hands A single knife has been stroked to the waist.
Seeing the evil man's hand on the hilt of the knife, not only the person who spoke back, but also the other people behind him straightened their bodies, fear evident in their expressions.
The person who responded bowed repeatedly and said respectfully: "Don't worry, Elder Wei, my third and fourth brothers are the best at doing these things. Over the years, there has never been any trouble."
Seeing that the villain's hand had slowly been raised from the handle of the knife, everyone was relieved. Then they saw the villain tilted his head slightly and continued to speak to himself and others: "It's been too long, your Qinggong is pretty good. , rush back to Mo County to see if the two of them have finished the matter. If it is delayed for a long time, something may happen. The rest of the people, follow me to continue the search."
Everyone hurriedly responded. The person who replied was about to leave, but was stopped by the evil man. He took out a pill from his arms, handed it to the person, and slowly said: "When I came, the sect master gave me a few pills." Breaking the Realm Pill, you have been working hard these past few days. I reward you by taking this pill. It won’t be too late to go and take care of you..."
The Jingjing Dan was famous among the Golden Sword Sect. Fei Wei relied on this Jingjing Dan to become the sword-guarding elder of Baihu Pavilion. When this man heard about the name of the Jingjing Dan, he couldn't care about anything else. He quickly knelt down to thank him. Under the envious eyes of the other brothers, he took the elixir and drank it. After watching the evil man kowtow again and again, he stood up and stepped on the ground. In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared into the forest.
When the evil man saw that he was conscientiously taking the pill, an unnoticeable smile appeared on his lips. He held his horse's belly slightly, and led the remaining few people towards the deep mountains.
But when he was about to walk a few feet away, the evil man seemed to think of something again. He raised his hand to stop the people behind him from moving forward. He looked back for a moment and looked at the slightly turbid pair of eyes where he stopped talking. After searching several times, I finally found the clue.
Stomping on his horse, the evil man soared into the air lightly. His iron-tower-like body flew over everyone's shoulders like a solitary goose. However, the expressions of those accompanying him did not change at all, as if they already knew the martial arts level of this big man.
In one breath, the evil man had moved several feet away, and he just left the place where they were talking. His cloudy eyes swept back and forth on the snow in the forest, until he saw a corner of his clothes half-covered in the snow, and the corners of his lips. Showing a cruel smile.
"No matter how cunning the prey is, it will never escape the eyes of the hunter."
The evil man whispered, and when his eyes moved back, several people ten feet away immediately understood, and they all got up on their horses and jumped to where the evil man stood.
"There has never been a human habitation in this barren mountain. It seems that those people from Mo County are hiding around here... Search for them for me. If you find them, I will give you a big reward."
When the evil man finished speaking, the people behind him were like vicious dogs that had smelled their prey. Their figures spread out in all directions. The evil man smiled and slowly took the corner of his clothes into his palm. When he opened his palm again, the corner of his clothes spread out. It has turned into powder, and is scattered in the mountain forest as the winter wind blows through the forest.
"Hmph, Yi and Xu can be the sword-guarding elders of Zhuque Pavilion, but I, Wei Xie, can't do it. If I find the person you want, I will be the sword-guarding elder of Zhuque Pavilion." The evil man thought in his mind. He looked up, lust in his cloudy eyes.
"Elder Wei, I found... found it." A figure came back from the forest and knelt down to report.
"Where is it? Come quickly." Wei Xie couldn't hide the joy in his heart. He picked up the man on the ground and spoke eagerly. What was reflected in his cloudy eyes seemed to be no longer the shivering disciple he was carrying. , but the seal leading to Zhuque Pavilion.
Brother Tao, who was picked up by Wei Xie, was trembling all over. He knew very well that the sword-guarding elder of Qingcang Pavilion was murderous and if he didn't like it, the people under his command would become the dead souls of his sword. With trembling, Point to the northwest.
"Five...five miles away, there is a hidden cave entrance. No one else would notice it, but... my sense of smell has been different from ordinary people's since I was a child. I vaguely smelled...the smell of fireworks coming from the cave. Come out...I have left a mark on the door...Ouch."
Before the man finished speaking, he felt his body light up, and he had been thrown into the snow by the evil man. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the evil man's figure had long been blurred, and only the evil man's voice could be heard.
"I'll go ahead and go find the others. Bring the ropes and let me take them."
Not long after, Wei Xie was five miles away. Looking around, he saw someone using a sharp tool to carve the shape of a small knife on the side of a dead tree. The point where the blade pointed was a snow-covered mound not far away. .
When he saw the mark in the door, he immediately understood it. He walked forward slowly, raised his big hand, and struck it with one palm. The snow on the mound was shaken away by his palm, and the entrance of the cave as high as a person appeared in front of him.
If it is as the people said, the entrance of the cave is covered with snow and dead branches, hidden in the crystal clear ground, it is difficult to find it. Even if you happen to bump into it, the mark of the animal's foot at the entrance of the cave will be mistaken for someone. den and ignored.
But Wei Xie has been wandering around the world for many years, how can such crude disguise skills be hidden from his eyes? He sneered, moved his feet slightly, and a stone in the snow was instantly picked up. He turned around and kicked the stone, and the stone was like a string. The arrow shot into the hole...
Listening carefully, after taking a deep breath, he did not hear the echo of the stones bouncing off the stone wall. The cruel smile on Wei Xie's face became brighter. Just as he was about to enter the cave, he heard the "whoosh" sound of a sharp weapon breaking through the air. .
The sword flashed and the sound of breaking through the air stopped.
"Little tricks."
Wei Xie spoke with a sneer, his head tilted unchanged. When he closed his mouth, his eyes moved down and he saw some broken arrows stuck in the snow on the ground.
"Looks like we found the right place."
Wei Xie thrust the thick-fingered single sword in his hand into the ground, sat cross-legged, and locked his cloudy eyes tightly in the cave, seeming to be talking to himself, and even more so to the people hiding in the cave.
"In troubled times, the most worthless thing is human life, but in prosperous times, the least valuable thing is human life. I am here just to find one person. If you hand over this person, maybe I will be in a good mood and let you go. Maybe... Anyway, you are also a general under Wan Jun, but now you are reduced to using these helpless people to save your life. It is sad and lamentable."
Seeing that there was no sound in the cave, and even the arrows from the hand that had not hit him just now were no longer shot, Wei Xie looked up to the sky and laughed. Not only was the snow falling at the entrance of the cave, the laughter was like thunder exploding in the cave. , the laughter that contained a bit of Wei Xie's inner strength echoed in the cave and never dissipated for a long time.
A moment later, when he heard the faint sound of footsteps coming from the cave, Wei Xie's eyes were filled with joy and he stared intently.
In the dark cave, a person slowly walked out. His thick cloak could not hide his burly figure. From his calm steps, there was no sign of panic. On the contrary, when Wei Xie, who was guarding the entrance of the cave, saw this, the joy in his eyes faded slightly, revealing A hint of caution.
Looking past the man's broad shoulders, he looked into the cave. No one was seen behind him. Worried about being deceived, he followed the man slowly out, holding the single sword stuck upside down on the ground with one hand, stood up and retreated.
"Can you use my life to exchange for the peace of these people?"
As the man walked out of the cave, he took off the hood of his cloak, revealing Zhang Jianyi's face, and spoke to Wei Xie, who was a bit stronger than himself.
"It's useless for me to kill you. You know what I'm here for." Wei Xie put his heavy knife on his shoulder and spoke bluntly.
"I've already destroyed that thing, so you can't get it." The man spoke loudly, without any fear.
When Wei Xie heard this man say that the thing had been destroyed, he was shocked, but then his expression returned to normal and he smiled and said: "How dare you destroy that thing just because you said it would be destroyed? Besides, even if it was really destroyed, , at least you are still alive."
Some people died, but not completely...
