Yunzhou.
In this seemingly dark place that 99% of the people in Yunzhou didn't know, Ai Youyou looked at the rune book in front of her in fascination.
This is the rune transcription that the two Talisman Masters took nearly three months to write for him. Although the two Talisman Masters were not of high level, fortunately they had a solid foundation and there were not many changes in the runes. High attainments are better than writing more completely.
These two talisman masters were also afraid of being killed, so they wrote a bit slowly but extremely detailedly.
They even made a lot of notes, such as where there should be changes, but the two of them were weak so they couldn't personally verify it.
Perhaps since the two of them started practicing the art of runes when they were young, they have never been so serious as they have been in the past few months.
Ai Youyou doesn't care whether these two rune masters can use it or not. With his cultivation power and the blessing of this rune secret technique, he is sure that he only needs to give him a year or two to become at least as good as him. The figure of Yang Gong’s old master.
At that time, who else does he need to fear?
And given his character, he doesn't care if he has to go back to Geling City to take revenge.
revenge?
What hatred has to do with him?
He really cares about Shangyang Palace and Fengyu Temple, but he can completely let himself not care. He can go far away to create a Shangyang Palace of his own.
As long as he masters the art of runes, how can he not be a master?
He has even thought that as long as he masters the art of runes, he will go to the Western Regions, and he will also go to the farthest place from Dayu.
If he can persuade the monarch of a small country to let him build Shangyang Palace, that's it. If he can't be persuaded, he can even
Lord Yilian and the leader did it together.
The two little Talisman masters looked frightened, but Ai Youyou had no intention of getting rid of them.
Although these two people are not very strong, they are obedient and can help Ai Youyou in the talisman arts. Moreover, when it comes time to go to the Western Region to create a new Shangyang Palace, Ai Youyou will also need people.
Seeing that the two people were worried all day long, Ai Youyou comforted them and even offered to accept them as disciples.
He also gave the two people names, although it was a bit perfunctory, but with this attitude, the two people felt a lot more at ease.
Of these two little talisman masters, one he named Jiayi and the other Jiaer.
They have been in Yunzhou for several months, and Ai Youyou takes the time to go out every day to take a look. He knows that Lin Ye's people must be closely investigating, but he is not too worried.
There was only one other person who knew about this place besides him, and that person was already dead.
In this place, in addition to the two cheap disciples Jiayi and Jiaer, there are a group of people who can also be used by Ai Youyou.
This group of people was originally given to him in order to negotiate terms with the person who dominated Yunzhou. These people also made a lot of contributions to that person in the following years.
This person is naturally Tuoba Lie.
Tuoba Lie has been operating in Yunzhou for many years. In addition to the strength that can be seen on the surface, the power he controls secretly is no less than that on the surface.
But no one expected that Tuoba Lie would be defeated so quickly in the decisive battle with the imperial court.
So many people in the darkness of Yunzhou had to hide, and in order to protect themselves, they took the initiative to cut off all contact with Tuoba Lie, but
Even so, they did not dare to show their faces easily.
Tuoba Lie has been dead for several years, but the imperial court's investigation into Yunzhou has never stopped.
The person investigating this matter was Yu Lingwei, who was openly abandoned by the Supreme Saint.
In the strategy of the Supreme Sage, no one is truly useless, and no one is truly abandoned unless necessary.
The commander of Yulingwei was killed in the Battle of the Canyon, and since then Yulingwei seemed to have disappeared.
But in fact, they are still secretly investigating everything related to Tuoba Lie in Yunzhou.
Tuoba Lie's power left in Yunzhou and Yu Lingwei's power left in Yunzhou have been secretly fighting over the past few years, playing against each other like an eagle catching a chicken. Today you are an eagle, and tomorrow I will be an eagle. .
There is another force mixed in between these two forces, and they are constantly trying to find more truth from it.
This power comes from Lin Ye, or to be precise, from Jade Bird Tower.
When Ai Youyou was first transferred to Yunzhou by Shangyang Palace, Tuoba Lie sent someone to have contact with him secretly.
Of course, Tuoba Lie would not come forward in person at the beginning, but later on, the two gradually formed a tacit understanding in Yunzhou that they would not interfere with each other.
Ai Youyou is a person who is unwilling to get entangled in right and wrong, let alone put herself in danger.
Therefore, his cooperation with Tuoba Lie over the years has never involved the imperial court. Their interactions were all for monetary gain.
The place where Ai Youyou was hiding at this time was the original ghost market, but it was not the place where Lin Ye and the others had been, but a more secret place in the ghost market.
The place.
Ai Youyou assisted Tuoba Lie in acquiring the ghost market, but this ghost market was so complicated that it was difficult to understand.
Tuoba Lie controlled the ghost market and gained a lot of benefits from it. However, the biggest recipient of these benefits turned out to be the Supreme Saint.
Tuoba Lie never concealed the ghost market from the emperor, and even regarded himself as the steward of the ghost market. Because the emperor was also short of money at that time, the ghost market was controlled by Tuoba Lie in the name of raising money for the emperor.
At that time, the relationship between Tuoba Lie and the Emperor was extremely complicated.
It’s just that people like Ai Youyou will certainly not let Tuoba Lie leak out his affairs. The agreement between him and Tuoba Lie is very simple. He will find a solution for some magic weapons, aircraft and precious materials in the ghost market. Well, if the income is divided into two parts, he wants half of it. As for how the other Tuoba Lie divides it, he doesn't care and doesn't ask.
Tuoba Lie underestimated Ai Youyou at the beginning, only thinking that Ai Youyou was an old guy who was greedy for money.
When Tuoba Lie gradually realized that Ai Youyou might be hiding something secret, he actually never thought that Ai Youyou could be Lou Fan's spy.
The group of people Ai Youyou dispatched to Tuoba Lie were not all Lou Fan's spies. One-third of them were, like Ai Youyou, who gave up for various reasons after arriving in Dayu. In order to continue to work for Lou Fan.
They just want to live a better life, make more money, and at least have enough food and clothing when they retire in the future.
The other two-thirds are the helpers of this one-third who have developed from the world of martial arts.
This group of people plays an extremely important role in the ghost market's transactions. With Tuoba Lie's defeat, this group of people plays an extremely important role in Ai Youyou's business.
He escaped without hesitation, but did not leave Yunzhou rashly and still hid in the ghost market.
When Lin Ye was the Chief Protector of the Three North Protectorate of Yunzhou, this group of people did not make any move and were as silent as dead. They only surfaced again after Lin Ye was transferred from Yunzhou.
Lin Ye later realized that there might be some activities under the water in Yunzhou, which was the information obtained by the brothers from Jade Bird Tower.
It is said that the people who were doing business in the ghost market are now moving around in secret again.
It was almost dark at this time, and two men who looked like ordinary traffickers returned to this secret underground palace.
After meeting Ai Youyou, the two people bowed and saluted at the same time. Judging from their attitudes, they were both extremely pious and humble.
"Proprietor."
Among them, the bearded man said: "You may have to be more careful recently. The people who are secretly investigating us are obviously more active than before after Lin Ye's people came, including the people from Jade Bird Tower."
The other one looked like a dark-skinned, stocky man with a beard like a blacksmith, and he looked like a coolie.
In fact, the two of them are currently making a living in Yunzhou, one is a blacksmith, and the other is a porter working hard on the dock.
Ai Youyou asked: "Have all the people on the street been ordered to get off?"
The porter replied: "According to the proprietor's instructions, everyone lives a normal life and does whatever they need to do, but no longer does business."
The blacksmith said: "Recently, more and more Jianghu people from Yunzhou City are coming to my place to make and repair weapons. I think it's because the people from Jade Bird Tower gave them orders."
After the merger of Lin Ye's Dafu Dog and Jade Bird Tower, Yunzhou City's Jianghu side has become more powerful.
The number falls into the hands of Zhuang Junji.
Maybe ordinary people can't understand Zhuang Junji's status in Yunzhou's Jianghu. An analogy is... If the total number of people in Yunzhou City who are wandering in Jianghu is 10,000, then more than 6,000 of them will belong to Zhuang Junji. Tube.
There are at least two thousand people. Although they have nothing to do with Dafu Dog and Jade Bird Tower, they wish they were, and they would consider themselves disciples of Zhuang Junji on weekdays.
After Lin Ye founded Dafu Dog, most of the low-level Jianghu people in the entire Yunzhou Jianghu were accepted by Lin Ye.
Later, Lin Ye left Yunzhou, and Jade Bird Tower was responsible for the order of the rivers and lakes in Yunzhou. Most people lived a stable life, and there were fewer and fewer fights.
During these days, many low-level Jianghu people began to go to the blacksmith to repair weapons, which meant that there must have been some order from the Jade Bird Tower and a large number of people were mobilized to investigate.
The porter looked at Ai Youyou and said: "Although this place is extremely secretive, there is no guarantee that people from the Jade Bird Tower will not be able to find it. The Jade Bird Tower gathers three religions and nine streams, so it should not be underestimated."
The blacksmith said: "You don't need to take Jade Bird Tower too seriously. Yu Lingwei has never given up trying to find us for so many years. Brothers are kidnapped by them every year. If most of them were not in single-line contact, we would have been there long ago." It’s exposed.”
Ai Youyou said: "Yu Lingwei is really haunted."
He looked at the blacksmith and asked, "Who is in charge of Yu Lingwei in Yunzhou City now?"
The blacksmith shook his head: "It's very mysterious. My subordinates haven't found any clues until now. From this point of view, it is even scarier than that Lu Gang."
Ai Youyou said: "
Don't check it out yet, don't do anything, everyone can live a normal life as a normal person... As for Yu Lingwei and Jade Bird Tower, they can't get here. "
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, thought for a moment and then said: "If it is really possible to find something, then push out the group of people Tuoba Lie left behind first."
The blacksmith's expression changed slightly.
Tuoba Lie arranged for a group of people to join forces with them to control the ghost market. These people were not implicated when the ghost market was wiped out.
Because I and the others have nothing to do with Tuoba Lie's other relationships, they are only responsible for making money.
Ai Youyou looked at the porter again and said, "You should keep an eye on what's going on over at the Jade Bird Tower, but don't inquire about anything."
The porter leaned over and said, "Don't worry, proprietor, I've been working hard on the dock all day long. I'm still watching every move in Jade Bird Tower, even if I don't take the initiative to inquire."
Ai Youyou hummed and then ordered the blacksmith: "Don't ask about it either."
The blacksmith said: "If anyone comes to me to repair and forge weapons, I will listen if they want to talk. If they don't talk, I won't ask."
Ai Youyou nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, another middle-aged man returned here. He looked like a Confucian scholar, wearing a moon-white gown, and his face always made people feel sad.
This man is quite talented and famous in Yunzhou City. He is a private school teacher and has been teaching people in Yunzhou City for more than ten years.
The reason why this man is famous is because he has a weird temper. No matter who asks him to be his husband, he will accept him as his disciple. However, the poor will not accept the money, and the rich will accept more.
Year after year, this person's reputation naturally grows.
"Proprietor.
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When the teacher saw Ai Youyou, his face seemed even more sad and bleak, looking worried about the country and the people, and also complaining about everything.
"Something might happen."
The teacher said: "I have a disciple who is from the Yamen. He said that the transfer in the Yamen is unusual."
He looked at Ai Youyou: "Besides, someone transferred the ghost market files from the Yamen."
