"Have you found the tea boss this time?"
After Qian Chao found Tang Ping and four other companions, Tang Ping's first sentence was to ask Qian Chao if he had found the owner of Yiming Pavilion.
"Unfortunately, no." Qian Chao said.
Tang Ping frowned when she heard this, why didn't she meet him again?
"But it's not like I ran in vain. I also gained quite a bit this time."
"Oh, what's the catch?"
"Well, I got another painting from there this time."
"Isn't that the same as last time?"
"Yeah, but the painting is different. I'll show it to you later."
"oh."
That night, the five of them had another big meal at Song Feng Tower as Lu Pingchuan said. Of course, only Lu Pingchuan ate very happily.
"Come on, Mr. Qian, this..."
Tang Ping said and handed something over. Qian Chao saw that it was still a square piece of wood with dots on it.
"We saw this when we were wandering around. We knew you were curious about this thing, so we bought it at a bargain price. What on earth could this be?"
Qian Chao naturally didn't know now. He looked at it carefully and said, "You have to collect more to figure it out. How many spiritual stones did you buy this thing?"
"It's not expensive. That guy bluffed us and actually wanted five spiritual stones. Later, Brother Li and I coaxed and threatened and bought the last spiritual stone."
Li Jian? Qian Chao didn't expect that Li Jian was also good at bargaining, and couldn't help but look over curiously.
Li Jian smiled and said:
"The guy selling things was shocked when he saw us. He was the same kid who interrupted last time when you asked about the country woman. He must have known that someone was going to deal with us. He probably thought that we must have been poisoned, so he saw us When we were fine, the kid was startled first, so I could scare him."
"That's it."
As Qian Chao spoke, his eyes caught a glimpse of a familiar figure flashing through Song Feng Tower, and then he said to several of his companions, "Well, Mr. Liu is probably looking for us again last time."
At night, the five people were in Qian Chao's room.
Qian Chao also took out the painting he got from Yiming Museum and showed it to several companions.
"That's it..." Tang Ping frowned and looked at the painting, as if she didn't like it very much.
"Hey, the painting is pretty good." This style of painting pleased Lu Pingchuan.
"What's the significance of this painting?" Li Jian naturally couldn't understand it either.
"This painting is too messy. It doesn't look like it was painted by an expert. It's much worse than the last painting." Yanxuan said.
Qian Chao smiled, took out the map book given to him by Tang Bonian, opened a few pages, then pointed at the map and clicked on the "Blooming Flowers" picture with his finger, and said:
"What now? Can you see any difference?"
I have to say that Tang Ping is an extremely smart girl after all. She only glanced at the map for a few times and immediately twitched her eyebrows. She grabbed the map book and started to compare it with the "Blooming Flowers" picture under the suspicious eyes of several companions. , as her eyes glanced back and forth, her fingers kept swiping on the painting, her face became more and more surprised, and finally she looked at Qian Chao with the same disbelief:
"This...this is actually..."
"Aping, what did you see?"
Not only Yanxuan was puzzled, but Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan were also puzzled.
"Come on, Sister Yan, Brother Li, Brother Lu, look, let's take this biggest word as the word of the Five Spirits Sect. Hey, look at this map again. The main spiritual veins marked by my sixth grandfather can be It corresponds to the branch next to this flower, almost exactly the same..."
"oh?"
"Hey, according to the map, this location should be the Little Lotus Lake in Youming Valley. Look here, it is also a flower, but it is much smaller."
At this time, Li Jian and Yan Xuan roughly understood, but Lu Pingchuan was still confused.
"Who is that tea boss? Is it possible that this painting is really the distribution of all the spiritual veins in our Five Spirit Sect?"
"Well, I think that's it. Hey, here, do you remember where this place is?" Qian Chao said as he clicked on the "flowers" picture, and the place he clicked on was also a flower.
"Where...is this place?" Tang Ping said and went to look at the map.
"This should be the heaven and earth cage we found." Qian Chao said, "And, look, there are nine identical flowers in the whole painting..."
Qian Chao clicked on the painting again and found the remaining eight flowers.
"I estimate these eight places..."
"There are all those huge monsters suppressed by formations?" Tang Ping's eyes widened.
"That's about right. You can go and have a look if you have time, but I'm most interested in this place."
Qian Chao said as he started to draw all the way on the "Blooming Flowers" picture, and finally stopped at a place. What was drawn there was just an inconspicuous little flower bud, very small and inconspicuous, with flowers and branches intertwined beside it.
"here it is?"
"Hanquan Valley!"
…
There was a knock on the door, Qian Chao walked over and opened the door. Standing outside the door was the elegant Young Master Liu.
"Master Liu, please come in."
Mr. Liu walked in and found that Qian Chao's four friends were still there. After the last experience, he was no longer surprised by this, and he bowed to everyone.
"Mr. Qian, Miss Tang, you guys, please be polite."
"Master Liu, please sit down. I don't know if Wei Ye is here. What do you think of Master Liu?"
"Oh, that's right. I have something to discuss with you this time."
"please."
Qian Chao handed a cup of tea to him.
"Well, before you came to Ruixuan Town this time, we found some people in this town. Maybe some of you might be interested."
"Oh? Mr. Liu, please tell me in detail."
"That happened a few days ago. On the surface, there were two unrelated groups of people. One group was four people, and the other group was three people. These people came to the town and had no contact with each other. , but two or three days later, my people discovered that these people had sneaked into the realm of your Five Spirit Sect, and... well, my people didn't see everything, but everything they saw had been replaced. I think your Five Spirits Sect’s clothes have been mixed in.”
"Young Master Liu said this, so there must be something wrong with these people?"
"Yes, I was born in Xuanzhou. Xuanzhou is adjacent to Cizhou and Yongzhou. Well, there is a group of troublesome casual cultivators in our three states. Although their cultivation is not very high, they are cunning and ruthless, and their methods are... They were also very vicious, full of tricks, and committed crimes frequently within the three states. Later, I heard that after verification, there were nine of these guys. Later, when the aristocratic families in the three states joined forces to hunt down, they also killed two of them, but the remaining The seven people fled to nowhere. Before I came to Ruixuan Town, I had seen the wanted notices of these nine people from various aristocratic families. One of them was deeply impressed. He was a big man with a beard on his face and a fierce appearance. I can’t remember the rest.”
"Young Master Liu, are you saying that those seven people are the rogue cultivators who caused rebellion in your three prefectures of Xuan, Yong, and Ci?"
"Exactly, when I came to Ruixuan Town, I brought a few experienced and capable people. To be honest, if I had met those seven people here, I might have missed them, but my men recognized them at a glance. Then he came back and reported to me."
With that said, Mr. Liu took out two pieces of paper from his body and placed them on the desk.
"Well, I looked around, and there were only these two notices at that time, but my men said that these two people were included in them."
All five people's eyes fell on the two pieces of paper.
The one painted above is indeed a big man with a curly beard, a square face, sideburns and beard, and a pair of big round eyes with fierce glare under the thick eyebrows. At first glance, people feel that this guy is a fierce and dangerous person. .
The other picture depicts a woman, who looks like she is in her late thirties. Under the thin eyebrows are a pair of slightly triangular eyes, and there are many dots on her cheeks deliberately made with a pen. This woman must have freckles all over her face.
"The man's surname is Tie, his name is Tie Qiu, the woman's surname is Zhang, her name is Zhang Wuniang, and the remaining five people, I don't have their portraits here. These two people brought people to Ruixuan Town, and then they These two people led the team, put on the clothes of your Five Spirit disciples, and sneaked in."
"Does this have anything to do with us?" Tang Ping asked on the side.
"Haha, of course it's relevant. I know some things about your sect. These seven people escaped under the joint encirclement and suppression by the major families in the three states. Naturally, they have the means, and they can make people from the three states The aristocratic families have joined forces to deal with them. It can be seen that they have done a lot of things before, and it is rare to have a vicious heart. Now, it is the troubled time of your Wuling Sect. To be honest, you are indeed very strict in patrolling now, but the last incident was caused by It was done by the Qi Refining disciples. Aren't you worried that these seven people got in this time?"
What Mr. Liu was talking about was the last time Yan Shuang was attacked. Tang Ping smiled after hearing this and said:
"Those are things that the sect should worry about and have little to do with us."
"That's right," Mr. Liu said, "but I haven't finished yet. These seven people have been staying in the town for a few days. As soon as they appeared, my people noticed them, and then they paid attention to these people. I The people did not dare to follow closely, let alone get close, so they could only take a look from a distance. Therefore, in those few days, we will know exactly where these seven guys settled and which house they were in. I don’t know anymore, I only know a rough range, come on..."
Mr. Liu took out another piece of paper, which turned out to be a map of Ruixuan Town. Then he drew a small circle on it with his finger, including many houses.
"They must be hiding here. We don't know which one they are."
"If I guess correctly..." Tang Ping raised her eyes and looked at Mr. Liu, "There should be a special family in this house, right?"
"Miss Tang is right, it's this family."
Mr. Liu's hand clicked on the circle he circled, but his eyes looked at Qian Chao.
"The people living in this house claim their surname is Li, but we know that they are hiding their identity. Naturally, their surname is not Li, but... Tian!"
really!
Qian Chao also looked at Mr. Liu and asked:
"The Tian family of Qi State?"
"Exactly."
"Well, it seems that Young Master Liu knows a lot about me. So what else does Young Master Liu know about the Tian family?"
"Haha, don't be surprised if you ask Mr. Qian for this. In fact, as early as after Mr. Han met Mr. Qian, he asked us to pay attention to Mr. Qian's affairs and inquire about everything. We began to find out that Mr. Qian was born in Qi State. family, but the Qian family is not a practicing family. Later, as more and more news came out, we discovered that Qi State is also a very special place. Qi State belongs to the Tian family and is a big country. Generally speaking, a big country with vast land like that There should always be many aristocratic families in the country, but we found that there are only a few small aristocratic families in Qi State. Even if they form a group, it is impossible to compete with the Tian family. This is obviously different from other places. Later we inquired about it Regarding some things about the Qian family, we know that the Qian family is the only family in Qi that has a jade card for jade selection, and we also know what happened to the last member of the Qian family who practiced in the Wuling Sect. This caused us to Suspicion, maybe... of course it's just our guess. What the Tian family has to do cannot be known to the Wuling Sect, let alone let the Wuling Sect interfere, so we have eliminated the power of the Wuling Sect bit by bit. …”
When Mr. Liu said this, he kept staring at Qian Chao, paying attention to the changes in the expression on Qian Chao's face, but it was a pity that Qian Chao had passed the impulsive days a while ago and could now calm down, so he Somewhat disappointed.
"We also noticed that a monk named Yin Kuang had been in and out of that house more than once. The last time Yin Kuang went to the Tian family's house was the last time they came to Ruixuan Town. Later, there were I brought these seven people to Ruixuan Town."
"You suspect that the Tian family is going to be harmful to Qian Chao, right? Those seven people sneaked into the realm of Wuling Sect to find an opportunity to attack Qian Chao?" Tang Ping took a sneak peek at Qian Chao and then interjected.
"Haha, well, let's ask Mr. Qian. We actually don't know much, but since the matter did not originate in your Five Spirits Sect, our news will naturally come faster and more widely than the others. Some."
"In my opinion," Qian Chao said, "it seems that Young Master Liu's coming today was not what Senior Brother Han Tian meant, right?"
"Haha, Mr. Qian hit the nail on the head, we..."
Mr. Liu's face became solemn, and the word "we" was emphasized heavily.
"We are not in a subordinate relationship with Mr. Han Tian. Mr. Qian and a few others must know something about Xuanzhou. All the aristocratic families have almost united to deal with the Wen family, so we are here in Ruixuan Town. Mr. Han serves."
Tang Ping added: "But I heard that something happened within the Wen family. A young man trained by the Wen family as the future head of the family was assassinated. The Wen family should not be in trouble, right?"
"Miss Tang is right. The Wen family has indeed lost one of its most outstanding young monks. Xuanzhou has been very nervous for a while because of this. The storm has not subsided yet, but a centipede is dead but not stiff. What's more, it was only a young man who died. Now our aristocratic families are still oppressed by the Wen family. Although the younger generation of the Wen family has no available people, it will still be many years until the Wen family declines because of this incident. , so our alliance has been maintained."
When Tang Ping heard this, her heart moved and she immediately realized what would happen in Xuanzhou. She glanced at Qian Chao and noticed that the other party also looked over inadvertently, so she spoke again:
"From what Mr. Liu said, Xuanzhou seems to be in trouble again, and Mr. Liu came to us...does he want us to help him with something?"
"Haha, Miss Tang is so smart. She figured it out before I even said anything, and I admire her."
"It seems that I guessed it right. Is the Han family planning something else? And it's still related to the girl Han Ning in our sect, right?"
"Miss Tang has already guessed it, so we don't have to beat around the bush and just tell the truth. Yes, the Han family has indeed had some other thoughts. Miss Tang must know the origin of Miss Han Ning. The Han family At first, she wanted to join Han Ning in the Wen family. For this reason, she agreed to send her to Wuling Sect for training. As a result, an assassination occurred in the Wen family. The man Han Ning was going to marry was assassinated and died. Speaking of which, Miss Han became a Although she was free, Miss Han was not an easy person. In order to get rid of her fate of being manipulated, she used some tricks in the sect to actually make a monk named Lin Jian fall in love with her. Lin Jian must have done this. Miss Rentang knows more than I do, and her family’s background is beyond our reach. The Han family...hey...then started making plans again and preparing..."
"Does the Han family want to form an alliance with the Lin family through Han Ning and Lin Jian?" Tang Ping thought about it and couldn't help asking.
"good!"
When Qian Chao found out about the Han family and told it to a few of his companions, everyone looked down upon the Han family where Han Tian was born. Now after listening to Tang Ping's words, they also learned from Mr. Liu. It was confirmed that he was even more disgusted with the Han family. How could anyone use and scheme against people like this!
It just so happens that the same poor woman with a poor background is used in every calculation!
"Mr. Liu seems to want to leave Han Tian aside and cooperate with us?" Tang Ping said again.
"Actually, I am not leaving Young Master Han Tian aside, but there is really very little that Young Master Han can do about this matter. Not to mention anything else, that Lin Jian alone is far beyond what he can deal with, and outside the sect, Well, he is actually relying on us. Well... We are also keeping the Han family's plan a secret from Young Master Han. If he knows about it, there might be some trouble. Alas, Young Master Han... He is now The situation is indeed very embarrassing! What we want is not to deal with the Han family. When we first established the alliance, the Han family took the lead to deal with the Wen family. But now the Han family is like this. If we form an alliance with the Lin family in the future, after suppressing the Wen family , Haha, there is still no peace in Xuanzhou, the Han family might have done more than the Wen family."
"What we want is to prevent the Han family from forming an alliance with the Lin family. Speaking of which, this is similar to what Mr. Han Tian wants. If Han Ning leaves Lin Jian and is with Mr. Han, the Han family's plan will naturally fail. But After all, Young Master Han is from the Han family. We don’t know much about whether the Han family can influence Young Master Han Tian. We are just afraid of the possibility, so we still don’t let Young Master Han get involved in this matter. After thinking about it, Go, there are very few people we can rely on in the Wuling Sect, so I came here tonight to discuss this matter with a few of them, can we stop the Han family and the Lin family through their hands?"
When Tang Ping saw Qian Chao about to speak, she stopped him with her eyes, and then said to Young Master Liu: "Then... what benefits can we get if we join forces?"
Mr. Liu didn't expect Tang Ping to ask such a direct question. He was stunned for a moment before saying:
"We, a few of us, have also seen it, and to tell you the truth, if it comes to the ability to fight with others, haha, I'm a little embarrassed, but a small family like ours can be considered proficient in the rules of survival in this world of cultivation, and This time, the people selected by the various families in Xuanzhou are all smart and capable people. When it comes to observing people's opinions and asking for information in the world of spiritual practice, we are not inferior to others. Well... I'm ashamed. This is all we can offer. Hand."
To be honest, what Mr. Liu said really made Qian Chao tempted, but cooperating with this man was not his job alone. All five of him had to nod.
"Just by telling what happened in Xuanzhou, you can find out about things in other places?" Tang Ping asked again.
"Of course we can't do it alone, but behind us are various aristocratic families in Xuanzhou. As long as they agree to prevent the Han family from forming an alliance with the Lin family, and they have questions, we will definitely try our best to find answers for them."
"How to stop it?" Tang Ping asked again.
"Well... now it seems that there is only one way, and that is to let Miss Han Ning leave Lin Jian and stop interacting with her. This will fulfill Master Han Tian's wish, and we will be worthy of him."
Tonight Mr. Liu came to find five people. The key point was to discuss with two of them. One was Qian Chao and the other was Tang Ping. He knew that Qian Chao was smart and he also knew Tang Ping's background, so as long as these two people could If you are persuaded, then the other three people will probably have no objections.
As expected, this girl Tang Ping asked the most questions tonight, so he always answered Tang Ping's questions carefully.
Now it depends on how these five people decide.
"Brother Qian, Sister Tang, I don't understand this matter, you two have the final say." Lu Pingchuan said.
Yanxuan turned to look at Li Jian. After confirming each other, Yanxuan said to Tang Ping:
"A Ping, Brother Li and I have the same intention as Brother Lu. You and Brother Qian can make the decision after discussing it."
Qian Chao glanced at Tang Ping, and the meaning in his eyes was that Tang Ping should continue to negotiate with Mr. Liu. He knew that this girl Tang must have something to say.
After Tang Ping nodded to several companions, she said to Mr. Liu:
"Mr. Liu, we actually value your conditions very much, but we also have some things we want to say first."
"Speaking."
"Miss Ning Han," Tang Ping directly said Han Ning's real name, "We all think she is very pitiful. The entire family was wiped out by the Wen family, and she was the only one left. She endured her life in the Han family. After such a long time, she was used as a bargaining chip by the Han family. To be honest, there is nothing wrong with her being with Lin Jian in the Wuling Sect. It is just pity that she was used as a pawn twice. According to Mr. Liu As he said, he separated her from Lin Jian... Mr. Liu, I am a woman, and speaking from my heart, I can't bear it. If she is only with Lin Jian to get rid of her marriage and marry into the Wen family, , and Lin Jian have no love, so it may be nothing to let her leave Lin Jian. However, how long has passed since the assassination of the Wen family, and now judging from Mr. Liu's intentions, Ning Han is still with Lin Jian, right? ? This is what we are worried about. If Miss Ning Han really fell in love with each other after she met Lin Jian in Wuling Sect, we should not do anything to break them up. I know Mr. Liu wants to say What, Han Tian, right? But don’t forget that Ning Han only stayed in the Han family when her whole family was destroyed. Even if she and Han Tian had no intention of each other, she had to compromise in order to survive in the Han family. , there’s nothing good to say about these, so I split the two of them up..."
What Tang Ping said was in line with Yanxuan's thoughts, and he kept nodding aside.
Mr. Liu did not expect that Tang Ping would say this, nor did he expect that Tang Ping would care so much about an ordinary woman. He hesitated and said: "Then what Miss Tang means..."
"Your purpose is just to prevent the Han family from forming an alliance with the Lin family, right?"
"Exactly."
"Then there's no need to stop the two of them from being together."
"Oh! Miss Tang, is there any other way?"
"Yes, yes, but Mr. Liu, we might as well make it clear first. We may not be able to achieve the results you want, but we can guarantee that we will do our best as long as we agree. After all, Lin Jian is The five of us can't afford to mess with this guy. If Mr. Liu thinks it's not worth it, then tonight we can only pretend that we have never met Mr. Liu. Of course, we must also thank Mr. Liu for the news he started giving us."
Mr. Liu stared at Tang Ping for a while, then at Qian Chao, then at the other three people in turn, and finally made up his mind.
"Okay! If that's the case, let's make it a deal. We'll leave our affairs to the five of you and we'll cooperate fully. How about that?"
"Okay! Then it's a deal!"
"It's a deal!"
"Then Mr. Liu wants to talk to us in detail about the Tian family's affairs in Ruixuan Town?"
"That's natural. Well, the Tian family apparently doesn't have any property in Ruixuan Town, but that's not the case. There are several shops in Ruixuan Town that are actually owned by the Tian family. They are different from other aristocratic families. Other aristocratic families openly opened shops and properties in Ruixuan Town, but they were the only ones who kept their heads hidden. Not only here, but also in other Fuxuan Towns, Xiangxuan Towns and Jixuan Towns. In this way, there are some sneaky things. Oh, I will leave you the names of those shops later. The Tian family is in charge of a person in this town. That person's pseudonym is Li Yun, but his real name is Tian Shuanghe, a foundation-building monk. As for The seven casual cultivators I mentioned above must have been found by the Tian family, because..."
Mr. Liu's finger drew another small circle on the map, which was exactly the house where he said the seven people had disappeared.
"These houses seem to belong to different people, but in fact they all belong to the Tian family."
"I see."
"So, Mr. Qian, you must be careful these days. Don't just think of those seven people as ordinary high-level monks you see in Wuling Sect. They have managed to survive in the world of practice, with their scheming and methods. It’s absolutely extraordinary, as for how to deal with it, it depends on the five of you.”
"Thank you."
"In addition, to be honest with you five, we have a few people in the sect, but because of the incident between Mr. Han and Wen Liang, those people can't come to you. They may be watched by Wen Liang's people. If they are found Being in contact with you might implicate Young Master Han. However, hehe, we also have people in the sect that Young Master Han doesn’t know about. We will contact Mr. Qian later in the sect. If anything happens in the future, we can go through him or a few of them. Ruixuan Town is fine."
…
Mr. Liu talked for a while and then left.
"I really didn't expect that we actually eliminated Han Tian." Li Jian chuckled and shook his head.
"Han Tian...Han Tian is embarrassed enough!" Tang Ping said.
"It's pitiful enough. If you are really right, then Ning Han is just making excuses with him in the Han family. Alas... I really don't know what he will think when he knows the truth." Yanxuan said.
"It seems that you were right that time when you said that although Ning Han is beautiful, she is not stunningly beautiful. If this woman has no means, she really can't make Lin Jian fall in love with her like this." Qian Chao said.
"It doesn't matter. Let's go look for the seven boys Liu Xiaozi mentioned sometime. They are here for Brother Qian!" Lu Pingchuan said.
What Lu Pingchuan said was a real threat. As soon as Mr. Liu left, he grabbed the two portraits and looked at them non-stop.
"I don't think we need to look for them. Since they are sent by the Tian family, they should take the initiative to look for us. Just be careful on the way back. Don't worry too much if we encounter them. Although what Liu Xiaozi said is powerful, but They are just casual cultivators like rogue bandits, but... Mr. Qian, what does the Tian family mean by doing this?"
"Wen Liang must have raised the price, and the Tian family planned to do it themselves."
"It's also possible that Wen Liang is still cooperating with the Tian family, but just found some helpers from outside through them."
"This is not like Wen Liang's actions, but... it would be interesting if these seven people took action on the day of the big tide in Hanquan Valley."
"You mean...the Tian family took action and then framed Wen Liang?"
"Yes, maybe there are people from the Tian family... around Wen Liang!"
