Qian Chao and the other five returned to the Wuling Sect under the escort of Xu Sheng.
Tang Bonian is in his cave. He is the most famous winemaker in the Wuling Sect. He is proficient in the brewing methods of various spiritual wines. At this time, he is watching several of his disciples lining up in a wine cellar. The rows of wine jars are busy. The rich aroma of wine here is as permeable as winter mist and is intoxicating. There are disciples on the side who use bamboo wine cups to scoop out some fragrant wine pulp from the wine jars and hand it to them respectfully. In front of him, Tang Bonian knew the quality of the jar of spiritual wine after a brief taste. While he was talking to his disciple, a voice came from the door of the wine cellar:
"Master."
Turning around, he saw Xu Sheng saluting him at the door of the wine cellar, and then a small head stretched out sideways against the door frame, looking at the rows of wine jars in the wine cellar with bright eyes. , none other than his precious granddaughter Tang Ping.
"Wow! Grandpa Six, you have a wine cellar here! I didn't know it before. It smells so good...there are so many wine jars..."
Tang Ping said with envy, then jumped out and walked into the wine cellar.
When Tang Bonian saw the panic, he said to several disciples:
"Quick...quick! Stop her quickly and don't let her in, otherwise whatever is lost here will be blamed on you!"
Tang Bonian’s disciples all knew Tang Ping. Almost everyone had suffered from her, even Xu Sheng on the side. Before Tang Ping came to Wuling Sect, these disciples of Tang Bonian usually only did There were two things, one was to practice and the other was to help the master make wine. After Tang Ping came to Wuling Sect, they had one more thing to do, and that was to be wary of this little girl stealing things. Therefore, Tang Bonian gave the order, and the busy people in the wine cellar immediately blocked Tang Ping outside the wine cellar door with smiles.
"Hey, you old man, you are so stingy. Can't you even take a look at your granddaughter?" Tang Ping said angrily.
"Humph, please come less. If you take a look, there will be one less bottle. The wine in my cellar is all aged and finely brewed, and it's very precious!" Tang Bonian replied unceremoniously.
Tang Ping was so angry that she said "cheapskate" and turned away. Then she heard Tang Bonian complaining about Xu Sheng from behind:
"You too, what are you bringing her here for?"
"Uh... Master, all the junior brothers are here, but I can't find you, so I have to find my way here."
Not long after, in Tang Bonian's room in the cave, Tang Bonian sat behind the desk and filled his tobacco bag with tobacco. He looked at Tang Ping, who was still a little angry, and asked:
"What about the casual cultivator named Zuo You? Why didn't you bring him along?"
"Let him go!" Tang Ping said angrily.
"Hmph, at such a young age, you actually make friends with casual cultivators. Do you know that most of the casual cultivators are cunning and cunning people? You have little experience and were deceived by him. If you let him go, you may have endless troubles!"
"Hmph, don't all the children of a big family and sect have noble character and be flawless?"
As she spoke, Tang Ping slapped a stack of papers on Tang Bonian's desk.
Xu Sheng stood by the side. Although he received a message from Tang Bonian asking him to escort Tang Ping and the five little guys back to the Five Spirit Sect, Xu Sheng was a cautious person and did not ask questions that he should not ask. Do your duty well, so you don’t know what happened specifically. When you heard Master say that Tang Ping was friends with casual cultivators, you immediately heard Tang Ping refute, and threw a bunch of things on the desk, so you squinted to read. In the past, there turned out to be a stack of paper with portraits drawn on it. Xu Sheng immediately understood that these were the figures in the practice world. The characters drawn on each piece of paper were rewarded for some evil deeds. Then he further thought about it. The characters drawn on the paper must have been sent to the Five Spirits Sect by their respective families two or three months ago because they were going to participate in next year's Cheng Guan En Examination.
Tang Ping continued:
"The majestic Five Spirits Sect is located in the south of Central Continent. It's just that the disciples in the sect are good and bad. There are so many people with evil deeds who are sent to the Chengguan Enexamination every ten years to blatantly compete with the disciples in the sect for the opportunity to become a disciple. , Those who know will say that Wuling Sect recruits talents in an eclectic way, but those who don’t know think that Wuling Sect is just a place where filth is hidden!"
Tang Bonian couldn't defeat her and said angrily:
"Shut up..."
Then Tang Bonian flipped through and looked at the portraits in front of him, and also read the words under the portraits. They were all records of his crimes. The more he looked at them, the more he frowned. He simply pushed with his hand and asked:
"Where are the letters?"
"it's here."
As Tang Ping said that, she took all the letters Zuo You gave them from the storage bag and put them on Tang Bonian's desk together with the two maps.
"Are they all here?"
"Um."
"Have you searched him? What if he hid some..."
"Grandpa Six, he almost died because of these things. What are you doing with them? Are you going to cause trouble for yourself? Of course they are all here."
"Um……"
Tang Bonian stopped saying anything and opened the letters and read them one by one.
After a short time, Tang Bonian looked away from the many letters again and said:
"Well, it's unclear. Many of the letters are not signed. How do you know who wrote them?"
Tang Ping came over, pulled over the paper on which the shadows and figures had been drawn, and said:
"Even if you don't know which family wrote to Wen Liang, you can't escape the family behind these people. Zuo You killed these guys in the sect and got these letters from their storage bags. It's a pity that he got them in advance I didn't know these letters existed. I discovered them only after the fact. At that time, it was difficult to compare each letter with these guys one by one. However, after careful investigation of these aristocratic families, I am sure that There can be discoveries.”
"Checking... we will always check, but it's not as simple as you said."
As Tang Bonian spoke, he looked carefully at the two maps on the desk.
"Well, where exactly is it drawn on this map?"
"have no idea."
"Isn't that kid Qian Chao good at these mountains and rivers geography? Doesn't even he know about it?",
"Grandpa Six," Tang Ping said in surprise, "how old are you, and what kind of cultivation level are you? I'm afraid you haven't even visited the place where our Qi Refining disciples often go outside the sect. How old and old are we? With your cultivation level, it’s normal to not know where it is above!”
Tang Bonian nodded, turned to Xu Sheng and said:
"Come on, take a closer look at these first."
While Xu Sheng was reading the letters, Tang Ping briefly told Xu Sheng what happened.
"Do you understand?" Tang Bonian asked.
"I understand." Xu Sheng replied.
"Well, now that you understand, you have to do two things. One is to find out how many children from aristocratic families have recently come to our Wuling Sect in the name of participating in the Cheng Guan En Examination next year. These are all people who have left behind. It's easy to find out. Then, you should send people out for a walk, spend more time, look for bounties like this outside, collect more, and see how many of them have sneaked into the Five Spirits Sect. , and then give it to me together. Humph, this is an offending thing, but I always have to remind those guys with shallow eyes, don't just focus on the generous gifts given by others, but end up accepting a notorious one. Scum is a disciple!”
"yes."
Tang Bonian pointed to the dozen or so figures on the desk and said:
"The second thing is that although these dozen people died in the hands of that casual cultivator, the one named Yan Jing escaped from the hands of five of them. Looking at it this way, Wen Liang will definitely receive the news. He won't give up. Recently...he won't be too quiet. He needs to be more careful with people coming and going from our sect. Well, let everyone in Fuxuan Town, Xiangxuan Town and Jixuan Town know this. But if there are suspicious characters, we must keep a close eye on them and we must not make any omissions.”
"yes."
"Last and most important, we only have these few letters in our hands about this matter so far, and we don't know much about the rest. Before we find out, this matter must be kept secret. You and the people in the other three towns must Be clear."
"yes."
"Now that it's clear, go ahead and do something. This matter won't be revealed for a while."
"Disciple understands."
After saying this, Xu Sheng bowed and left.
The grandfather and grandson were the only two people left in the room.
Tang Bonian still had not finished filling his tobacco bag. He was fiddling with it and asked:
"Did that boy Qian Chao ever say how Wen Liang would plot against our sect?"
"He did have a guess, but it was just a guess, and these letters did not reveal any useful information at all. Qian Chao copied all the letters and maps in detail, saying that in the future Maybe it can be used, he told me that what Wen Liang is secretly planning is probably related to spiritual veins."
"Is it related to spiritual veins?" Tang Bonian was thoughtful after hearing this.
"Well, that's what he said when copying these letters. Grandpa Six, might Wen Liang want to change the direction of our spiritual veins? Our Five Spirit Sect is the gathering place of several major spiritual veins. If there is a change, , that must be a big deal.”
"How can it be so simple? You just said that he drew this map in detail?"
"Um."
"Hold on."
After saying that, Tang Bonian got up and went to the inner room. After a while, he came out with a thick book in his hand.
"Well, I was also interested in the study of spiritual veins in my early years. Unfortunately, I put it all down when I had too many things to do. However, I did collect some distribution maps of the spiritual veins in our Five Spirit Sect area. They are all things from the early years. It is difficult to find this thing in the sect now, and it is also regarded as the secret of our Wuling Sect. You tell Qian Chao that he can see this thing, but be sure not to spread it. This thing, Maybe it can be of some use to him."
Tang Ping took the book and flipped through a few pages, then rolled her eyes and asked:
"Are you planning to make us little guys do things again?"
"Hmph, this is called experience. How can ordinary disciples have such an opportunity..."
"Since it is related to the safety of the sect, why don't you elders go investigate quickly?"
"You have also seen that with these letters, the most you can do is beat some restless families. But what about Wen Liang? There is still no whereabouts. Do you think I haven't found him? Huh, you said it, I have already I haven't been able to walk through the area where you Qi Refining disciples go in and out. In such a large area, how could he easily be found wherever he hides? This matter will not come to light for a while, but you, If you are timid, just return this book to me. If you ruin Wen Liang's business, it is very likely that Wen Liang will attack you next. I think you should not go out recently and stay in the sect honestly. Stay!"
As he spoke, Tang Bonian reached out to grab the booklet in Tang Ping's hand.
"Don't even think about it!" Tang Ping immediately put the booklet away. "By the way, what about the wrong check?"
"What else can I do? Naturally, I locked him up after asking. That kid is a waste. He basically doesn't know anything. But he told a lot of the bad things he did before. In a fit of anger, I asked someone to send him to prison. Keep him in custody until Wen Liang is captured in the future, and then we will release him together."
"Oh, then I have nothing to do, so I will go back." Tang Ping stood up as she spoke.
"Wait a minute, what happened to Mr. Zhuang who Qian Chao met in Ruixuan Town?"
"I don't know. I've never seen that person before. But Qian Chao always goes to that teahouse and stays there for the whole day. I can't ask in detail."
Tang Bonian was also very curious about Mr. Zhuang in Ruixuan Town, but the interesting thing about this matter is that those who understand the cause and effect have to pretend to be confused, while those who are kept in the dark have actually seen their actions clearly long ago. thought.
"okay."
"Grandpa Six, I think Qian Chao seems to have guessed something."
"Why?"
"No reason, just because that kid is smart enough. After I swore to you to keep the secret of his apprenticeship for so long, no matter how good I conceal it, he will definitely be able to tell something. If he asks What should I do about this?"
"That's what he asked, and you didn't say it on your own initiative. It doesn't count as breaking your oath, but it still depends on how much he knows. If he doesn't know much or is just making unfounded guesses, there is no need to explain it to him."
"Oh, okay."
Walking out of Tang Bonian's cave, Tang Ping deliberately strode all the way out, but before she could get far, she ducked and hid behind a low wall, and soon a golden figure jumped over alertly. It was Dahuang. , but at this time Dahuang was completely different from his usual power when he was helping Tang Ping defend against the enemy. Not only did he have a monkey face full of sly expressions, he was also holding a big wine jar in his arms, and soon another white streak came out. The shadow flashed over, and it was Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai couldn't steal the whole jar of spiritual wine like Dahuang, but he also held a jade-white exquisite wine cup in his mouth. At first glance, it was extraordinary!
Tang Ping was more interested in the large jar of wine than the wine cup. While staring at the wine jar and praising Dahuang with a smile on her face, she also complained about Xiaobai's incompetence in doing things and only stole a wine cup.
It turns out that long before Tang Ping entered Tang Bonian's cave, she had released Dahuang and Xiaobai unprepared and directed them to steal wine from Tang Bonian's wine cellar. Now these two little guys succeeded. Then he came to meet Tang Ping, but when Dahuang saw Tang Ping, he was still reluctant to hand over the wine jar in his arms. Tang Ping was so angry that he cursed a few times in a low voice, and soon there was movement from Tang Bonian's cave.
Just listen to Tang Bonian yelling bitterly:
"You little thief who deserves a beating! He just stole my wine, but why did you steal my apricot blossom and white jade cup..."
Tang Ping was pleasantly surprised and took the wine cup from Xiaobai's mouth. She understood that this was a good thing, otherwise her stingy Sixth Grandpa would not be so angry. Then, the three little guys ran away in a hurry.
