After a few days, when it was impossible to actively ask questions to guide others' thoughts, and it was not even suitable to follow the monks in Huagui Pavilion for a long time, Huang Nian'er relied on a few encounters on the road to read only one piece of information that might be useful for the time being:
The few monks in Huagui Pavilion seemed to be secretly promoting the proposal to ask Emperor Li to select a concubine.
Then, for some reason, Lihuang relaxed his attitude and no longer refused the proposal to choose a concubine.
Perhaps, to ease the relationship with the royal family?
If this is the case, by July 20th, Emperor Li should formally agree to the proposal of selecting a concubine at the Xiaochao meeting and arrange manpower to prepare it.
A young man in black who left Huagui Pavilion thought of this when he passed a roadside tree.
Then, he secretly read Huang Nian'er's mind without anyone noticing.
In fact, generally speaking, although monks will not deliberately guard against mind-reading powers when walking outside, they will not keep thinking about secret things in their hearts.
However, there might have been a discussion in Huagui Pavilion just now, which made the young man in black wonder why Yu Lihuang had loosened his attitude. He kept speculating in his mind, and then Huang Nian'er noticed the clues.
She informed Nan Yi about this.
Nan Yi thought thoughtfully and analyzed: "If Huagui Pavilion wants to promote the proposal to select the concubine for Emperor Li, he will probably make a fuss about the selection of concubine and want to put people in the palace."
"But even if their people become the concubines of Emperor Li, they still dare to cause trouble to Chao Gang?"
Nan Yi was puzzled.
It would not be impossible if a certain female cultivator in Huagui Pavilion wanted to become the Queen of Dali and use her status to accumulate fame and assist in her spiritual practice.
However, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and even a queen is generally not very famous among the people. In order to accumulate fame and assist in cultivation, it stands to reason that there is no need to go to such great lengths to promote the proposal of choosing a concubine from the emperor.
However, if Huagui Pavilion is not seriously interested in the position of queen, he must have ulterior motives and ulterior motives.
According to rational analysis, demon cultivators are also monks.
As a monk, no matter what you do as a demon cultivator, it will ultimately fall on top of your cultivation.
It is true that demon cultivators can despise the king's laws and ignore the rules of the world - just like Nan Yi, a master who has no taboos.
But everything must pay attention to efficiency.
The prerequisite for ignoring the rules is that there must be sufficient expected returns to make people willing to take risks.
If the risk is too high and the effort is far greater than the gain, even a magic cultivator will weigh the cost-effectiveness and not blindly do anything.
Li Jingcheng is the capital of the Great Li Kingdom and the hub of Nanzhou.
If the monks in Huagui Pavilion really want to cause trouble for Chao Gang and are preparing to cause trouble in Lijing City, they shouldn't even be called stupid, but simply crazy!
Once chaos breaks out in Lijing City, even the inner sect of the Immortal Sect, which barely cares about the outer sect in the mortal world, will definitely send out manpower to hunt down the trouble-making demonic cultivators.
Nan Yi didn't think that a few casual cultivators, even demonic cultivators, had the guts to cause trouble in Lijing City.
Unless, lend them ten times the courage of Gongye Qingtian.
After all, Gongye Qingtian is the remnant soul of an ancient earth-level monk who has survived to the next generation. He is used to sacrificing mortals, and he has the confidence to quickly recover his cultivation.
When I couldn't find a reliable inheritance from future generations of casual cultivators to resume my practice, I had no choice but to sacrifice myself to Nantian City, and then flee overseas after doing this.
——Chu County is the southernmost county in Dali. If Tao Zhiming had not planned Gongye Qingtian, Gongye Qingtian could have fled the South China Sea before the inner gate of Xianmen became angry.
But leaving the capital...
Nan Yi really felt that as long as his brain was not broken, even a demon cultivator would not be able to think of causing trouble in Lijing City.
Therefore, no matter whether Huagui Pavilion has ulterior motives, he should not take any particularly radical measures.
Nan Yi speculated in his mind that he still only kept a secret attention and did not take the initiative to approach Huagui Pavilion or Kong Qian.
He believed that due to fate, even if he waited and waited, he would definitely be able to get key information.
As for Huagui Pavilion's plan, as long as it was not something particularly radical and would not specifically target Nan Yi, Nan Yi would be able to calmly watch in secret.
Of course, with "Spirit Realm Travel" in his possession, Nan Yi can choose to run away at any time, which is also one of his stable confidence.
Soon, on July 20th, Emperor Li really agreed to the proposal of selecting a concubine at the small court meeting.
Although there was no big fanfare in selecting girls from good families in all the counties of Dali, they were only selected in the capital, and they still attracted the attention of hundreds of officials.
After all, Emperor Li still has no concubines. This draft is said to be about selecting a concubine, but there is a high probability that the queen will be selected in the end.
According to the Dali ancestral system, any concubine or concubine will not be accepted by anyone who enters the palace. I would rather choose a daughter from a good family, regardless of her origin.
But for the aristocratic families in the capital, although they cannot actively donate women from the family, they can still allow women of the appropriate age to participate in the draft.
As long as he is selected, even if the harem is not allowed to participate in politics, it can still bring some help to the family.
For the head of the aristocratic family, it was a business without any capital, so he conveniently let the women of the right age in the family, regardless of concubines, rush to participate in the draft.
The whole city of Lijing became more and more lively because of Emperor Li's selection of concubines.
But this kind of excitement belongs to ordinary people and to aristocratic families.
For most monks, Li Huang's choice of concubine could not affect or change anything.
However, Huagui Pavilion Kong Qian, perhaps feeling that the proposal of choosing a concubine from Emperor Li had been settled, and no longer had to avoid Nan Yi too much, seemed to have put his thoughts on Nan Yi.
Of course, Kong Qian was not impatient in his actions, nor did he want to meet with Nan Yi head-on as soon as possible, but he chose a roundabout strategy and targeted Yan Qingyun and Guo Lai.
Kong Qian found out that Yan Qingyun and Nan Yi came from the capital together, lived together in Luozhai, and were warriors from the origin of Zhenqi martial arts.
Although the two of them lived in seclusion, they did not reach the point of complete indifference. In particular, they practice Zhenqi martial arts, which consumes a lot of energy and blood. They get hungry much faster than Nan Yi, and they will go out to eat every now and then.
Kong Qian followed the wind and found the restaurant that Yan Qingyun and his wife often went to. He ate at this restaurant for several days in a row. He wanted to wait and see, and inadvertently observed Yan Qingyun and his wife at close range.
But he didn't expect that all this would fall into Huang Nian'er's eyes, and then Nan Yi would know about it.
Nan Yi found it interesting.
Both parties are concerned about the law of cause and effect, fearing that being too proactive will cause the other party to notice something is wrong, so they want to take a roundabout way and collect as much information as possible while they are still secretly involved.
Nan Yi did not dare to directly use the "Human Word Paper" to find out the information directly, and only let Huang Nian'er chance to read the mind occasionally; Kong Qian avoided Nan Yi and wanted to take advantage of Yan Qingyun and the two.
Nan Yi’s eyes flickered.
Yan Qingyun still wants to continue studying the method of Zhenqi in Lijing City, but Guo Lai is about to leave south.
No matter what Kong Qian could tell from close observation, if he knew that Guo Lai would be leaving the capital soon, he would probably not miss this opportunity and would most likely attack Guo Lai on the way.
Therefore, Nan Yi thought for a moment and made an appointment for a practice banquet at a restaurant where the two of them often went.
In order to prevent Kong Qian from noticing the clues, Nan Yi did not even inform Yan Qingyun and Guo Lai of the details in advance, and only prepared for the normal banquet.
Yan and Guo didn't notice any difference.
After all, Guo Laixiu had regained his ability to transform into a mortal, and it was time to leave for the south.
Two days later, Nan Yi and his party rushed to the restaurant and entered the private room while chatting and laughing.
The private room was arranged in advance by the restaurant owner.
The two of them, Yan and Guo, would only come to have a tooth ceremony every few days. There was no fixed private room, and the boss would arrange it at his own discretion after saying hello in advance.
When they arrived at the restaurant, their consciousness would be scanned casually. If they did not feel any obvious abnormality, they would withdraw their consciousness, and they would not deliberately explore it inch by inch.
Kong Qian was well prepared. He deliberately restrained his aura and dressed up in disguise. He did not wear the iconic tattered Taoist robes, but dressed like an ordinary scholar.
Although Kong Qian booked a private room for himself, it was normal for him to enjoy the scenery in the private room by the river and order a pot of small wine to drink slowly.
The two men of Yan and Guo scanned with their consciousness and did not recognize Kong Qian in disguise.
However, in Nan Yi's "Dongzhen" vision, even if Kong Qian restrained his aura, there was still a little bit of spiritual light.
He pretended not to know and just carried out the practice banquet normally.
And long after Nan Yi and the others left, Kong Qian, who had been calming down in another private room and drinking alone, finally let go of his methods and "catched the wind and shadows" to retrace the scene to find out the details, as if he was flipping through a comprehensive video with no blind spots. .
These methods are not targeted at monks, but are based on Sanyi Lingxi's backward reasoning. At the Huang class level, there is basically no concern about being discovered.
Although Nan Yi and others did not discuss important matters in the private room, they mentioned that Guo Lai would leave south tomorrow and rush back to Han County.
Kong Qian muttered: "Transform into a mortal, become a warrior..."
As a cultivator who has become a perfect monk, Kong Qian will naturally not take Guo Lai, who is a casual cultivator and can recover to a small level of cultivation, in his eyes.
However, for the sake of safety, Kong Qian still found the one-eyed hunchbacked old man who compiled the "Spiritual Plague Sacred Code", who painted three Gui Pavilions, Lin Du, and invited Lin Du to go with him, intercept and kill Guo Lai, and force Nan Yi to explore intelligence.
Lin Du said disdainfully: "Kong Laoer, you are too timid. If you want to deal with Nan Yi, it makes sense for you to ask me to help. In the end, you are just dealing with a monk who has transformed from a mortal to a minor monk. You have to ask me to hold the line." ?”
"A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength." Kong Qian didn't take it seriously and said calmly, "Nan Yi is a man of great luck. If I really want to take action against him, I have to call on at least four people, totaling five of us. I'm 98% sure, so I just thought about fighting him head-on."
"As for Guo Lai, although he only has a small level of cultivation at the moment, he has already completed his transformation once. It seems that in order to switch to Zhenqi Martial Arts, he transformed into a mortal again and cultivated again."
"In my opinion, it should not be underestimated, or it can be regarded as a great achievement of transcending the ordinary."
"Besides, the purpose of my trip is to capture him so that I can extract information, not to kill him. If I want to capture Guo Lai alive, to be on the safe side, I'd better trouble you, Lin Laosan, to hold the line for me."
"And... Nan Yi is a man of great luck. Although he acts domineeringly and dares to kill Lin Ye in the city, he is definitely not a reckless and unwise person."
"Even if he doesn't know that we exist, he may not be wary of other monks and follow Guo Lai to escort him secretly."
"So, I will disguise myself when the time comes, and I will intercept Guo Lai under the guise of a noble family."
"If Nan Yi has not followed secretly, Lin Laosan, you can secretly curse Guo Lai and give him the Plague Seed Gu to help me capture this person."
"If Nan Yi uses Guo Lai as bait to set up a trap secretly, we can escape unscathed by joining forces."
Kong Qian's eyes flickered, thinking about defeat before winning.
If possible, even if it was just to deal with Guo Lai, he would like to call a few more people.
But when asking someone to help out, no matter how difficult or difficult the task is, you need to prepare a fee in advance.
After all, they have mutual interests and are unkind to each other. If you delay your practice by asking someone to help you, you will definitely have to make up for it.
Kong Qian thought about it and finally decided to just call Lin Du for help.
Lin Du still looked disdainful, feeling that Kong Qian was making too much fuss.
But he didn't say anything, he just stretched out his right palm and gestured to Kong Qian to give him the money first.
Kong Qian then took out three gold coins from the Qiankun Ring and gave them to Lin Du.
Lin Du followed Kong Qian and left the Huagui Pavilion without comment.
Because of his unsightly appearance and foul smell, Lin Du lived in seclusion and seldom went out.
If he and Kong Qian were walking on the street in their usual clothes, one would be covered in wrinkles and age spots, and the other would be wearing a tattered monk's robe. They would look like a pair of wandering beggars, not like monks at all.
However, after accepting Kong Qian's three gold coins, Lin Du managed to contain the abnormality and only walked with a hunched back.
Kong Qian also changed out of his tattered Taoist robes and wore coarse linen clothes.
After leaving the city for a while, the two of them put on masks to hide their faces.
However, Lin Du, who was wearing a mask, was not in a happy mood. He glanced at the crows building their nests in nearby trees and hummed, "Why do I feel like there are so many crows recently?"
As he said this, Lin Du's heart moved and he hung some crows nearby with plague poison.
Kong Qian saw it and said casually: "Perhaps due to the influence of the jackdaw tree, it has become smarter and easier to find food, so there are more. A few days ago, the crows in the city even learned to steal people's jewelry. , I used magic to dispel their thoughts."
After saying that, Kong Qian used his magic power to deal with the crows that had spread the plague in Lin Du from a distance to prevent the plague from spreading.
After all, this place is close to the capital, and the cause and effect is too heavy to allow Lin Du to spread the plague wantonly.
Although Kong Qian would not criticize Lin Du's actions, he would rush to get rid of these crows.
He was moved in his heart: My journey is a holy virtue.
When Lin Du saw this, he cursed the hypocrisy in his heart, but he did not abuse the magic against innocent birds and beasts again.
After all, ravaging ordinary birds and beasts actually doesn't taste that good to him. When I took action just now, I was more disgusted by the cries of a few crows that were too noisy.
Lin Du said casually: "Kong Laoer, after you finish asking for information, give Guo Lai to me. I heard that he is the master of a true qi method. Just let me see. Using the Gu he refined, he will be able to interact with me." What's the difference between ordinary monks?"
"You and I can study the true energy in Guo Lai's body together at that time. As for using him to refine Gu, there is no rush. Let me think about whether there are other arrangements." Kong Qian paused, "Besides, if you really want to refine Gu, I will definitely It is ten times better to use Nan Yi to refine Gu than Gu Lai."
Lin Du sneered: "You are just talking nonsense. Even if we join forces to help you, we will at most be able to kill Nan Yi. How can we dare to spare his life?"
Nan Yi has great luck.
But as a monk in this world, all those who can achieve great success are lucky.
No matter how lucky you are, it will only make people more vigilant and be as prepared as possible before taking action, so as not to intimidate others.
However, those with great luck can easily escape death. Therefore, when it comes to dealing with Nan Yi, Lin Du and others will definitely kill him and will never try to capture Nan Yi alive.
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