The blade of the sword was so cold that Gu Shengchao stepped aside and slashed at the man's wrist with his palm.
The man behind him also changed his moves quickly, raised his sword, and swiped the blade diagonally towards Gu Sheng Chao's chest.
Only then did Gu Shengchao see the other party's appearance clearly, and he jumped back and said softly: "Second brother, don't worry, I am Gu Shengchao."
Hearing Gu Shengchao's voice, Lu Shouwen looked up and down and said in surprise: "It's Shengchao, why are you wearing Beihu people's robes?"
"It's hard to say, can you go in and talk?" Gu Shengchao looked around, not wanting to disturb the surrounding Beihu guards on duty.
Lifting the curtain, the two entered the tent. Gu Shengchao first briefly explained his recent experience, and then asked: "I heard that people from our mission killed King Baiyang of Beihu. Is this true?"
"This is purely frame-up."
Lu Shouwen shook his fist angrily and said: "The first few days after we arrived at the royal court went smoothly. Shan Yu was very interested in the proposal of the two countries to open markets to each other on the border. Later, when King Zuo Xian returned, there were changes. Shan Yu opened the door to The city became indifferent.”
"What about the frame-up?" Gu Shengchao asked.
Sighing, Lu Shouwen shook his head and said: "It happened that at this time, the prince of Sireng King led a large group of troops to come here. Seeing their arrogance, we took the initiative to camp outside the city to avoid conflict with them. What happened next we also It's inexplicable. Seeing as their guard was lax, they seemed to be expecting us to leave secretly, so they imprisoned us all on the charge of absconding in fear of crime."
"What should we do next?" Gu Shengchao was at a loss for ideas and asked how to deal with it.
Through the gap in the curtain, Lu Shouwen looked at the night and said worriedly: "Whoever benefits the most from this matter may be the murderer behind the scenes."
"How?" Gu Shengchao was puzzled.
Lu Shouwen introduced: "Although the border between our Dawu Dynasty and Beihu has not opened, the private exchanges between the people have not stopped, and most of them are concentrated within the control of King Zuoxian. Think about it, if the two countries really trade with each other, King Zuo Xian has no share in the tax revenue returning to Beihu. Can he agree? We must find ways to prevent it."
"It makes sense. What about the West Cold Country?" Gu Shengchao asked.
Leaning against the tent, Lu Shouwen thought thoughtfully: "If our opening of the market with Beihu goes smoothly, the trade between Sereng Kingdom and Beihu will definitely decrease. This is probably why they came with so much fanfare."
Remembering a detail, Gu Shengchao asked: "What a coincidence, our envoy from the Dawu Dynasty has just arrived, and the envoy from the Xileng Kingdom has also followed. Is there anything fishy in it?"
After nodding his head, Lu Shouwen stood up and walked: "Both countries must agree to send a mission. The documents between us and Beihu must have been seen by someone and notified the Xileng Kingdom. In other words, Beihu There are internal agents from the Serang Kingdom in the royal court."
"This is not going to be easy. It's hard to guard against domestic thieves. It's not good for us right now!" Gu Shengchao was worried.
Sitting down again, Lu Shouwen said calmly: "If you are upright, you won't be afraid of slanting shadows. As long as we don't run away, I don't think Beihu will dare to mess around."
"What should I do now?" Gu Shengchao took the order.
"I've been checking in every night for the past few days, but I can't understand what they say. I'm just anxious. The translator doesn't know martial arts, and it's even more of a burden to go there. It would be great if you could understand some of the Beihu people. ." Lu Shouwen sighed helplessly.
Gu Shengchao stood up and clapped his chest and said, "Second brother, give me the order. I have also learned some of their language in the past few days. There should be no problem in simple communication."
Overjoyed, Lu Shouwen said excitedly: "Seriously?"
Seeing Gu Shengchao nodding, Lu Shouwen picked up a few stones and placed them on the ground.
"This is the city wall, this is the inn where the envoys from the West Cold Kingdom live, and this is the residence of King Zuoxian."
Lu Shouwen told Gu Shengchao everything he had found out in the past few days.
"Second brother, don't worry. I'll get to the bottom of it as soon as possible and give everyone an explanation."
Seeing Gu Shengchao's solemn look, Lu Shouwen gently patted him on the shoulder: "Urgent matters must be dealt with later. The more urgent it is, the more we must stabilize our position. I believe the other party will reveal flaws."
"Second brother, don't worry, I will be careful."
After bidding farewell to Lu Shouwen, Gu Shengchao quietly climbed over the obstacles outside the camp and returned to the city.
As they approached the inn, there was the sound of weapons clashing in front of them. Gu Shengchao did not want to cause trouble and was preparing to make a detour.
"Bai Lihuan, I let you escape by chance last time, but you will definitely not be able to escape this time." One person gritted his teeth.
Bailihuan?
He is the eldest brother himself!
Gu Shengchao followed the sound and rushed over.
In the night, four people fought together.
One of them is Baili Huan, holding a sword and facing one enemy and three dangers.
One of the remaining three people had seen it before. Gu Shengchao and Wanyan Xi spared his life on the grassland, but they didn't expect it here.
The other two were not familiar with each other. That night, Gu Shengchao carried Baili Huan on his back and ran away in a panic, without a chance to recognize each other clearly.
He remembered that there was one person who used the nine-section whip at that time, but now there is no one. All four of them use swords.
Unable to care so much, Gu Shengchao summoned the sword with his left hand and shouted: "Brother Bailihuan, here comes the little brother."
The man who spared the opponent's life on the grassland was about to make a sneak attack, but Gu Shengchao stopped him in time with his sword.
Feng Wu's swordsmanship was exquisite. The opponent was weak on the left and right, and was killed in less than five moves.
Seeing the help coming, Bailihuan's momentum surged, and the two fought side by side, forcing the other to retreat.
It was the first time for the two of them to cooperate. Gu Shengchao held the sword in his left hand, and Baili Huan held the sword in his right hand. It was as if they had been cooperating for a long time, and they could advance and retreat freely between offense and defense.
In an instant, one of the opponents was stabbed in the thigh, making him unable to move.
The two men looked at each other, and one of them raised his hand and shot a sleeve arrow.
"Puff puff……"
More than ten sleeve arrows blocked the pursuit route of Gu Shengchao and Baili Huan.
Another person threw a small pink ball, floated over silently, and exploded in front of the two of them.
The ancient sage, who is invulnerable to all poisons and has no fear of poisonous powder, was about to use his iron arm magic to force his way through, but was pulled back by Baili Huan.
"Brother, have you forgotten that I have been tempered with medicine and am not afraid of poison?" Gu Shengchao said with a smile.
After retreating to a safe place, Baili Huan gasped and said: "As the saying goes, don't chase the enemy when you are poor. The five poisons of the Poison Sect usually fight on their own. Two of them came tonight. I'm afraid there are helpers. I'll be careful of them." ambush."
"What five poisons are they?" Gu Shengchao was confused.
Observing that there was no danger around, Baili Huan whispered: "The Poison Sect is headed by Erlangshan, and the leader is Ma Qi. There are five generals below who are called the Five Poisons. The one who used poison just now is called Thousand-Handed Centipede Wu Shao'an, and the one who used sleeve arrows is called Chuantian Hu Baisheng, the other three are the versatile charming toad Xiang Hongji, the cold-faced scorpion king Ning Fei, and the little divine dragon Ye Chongtian."
"Please remember, little brother, you must be careful when you encounter them in the future." Gu Shengchao wrote them down one by one.
He remembered something and said, "Is it possible that my elder brother's trip to Beihu is also to collect medicine?"
"You already know this." Bailihuan said slightly differently.
Gu Shengchao briefly told the story of how he followed the mission to Beihu, and finally said: "Now that the mission is trapped, I have no idea and can only take one step at a time."
Patting Gu Shengchao's shoulder, Baili Huan laughed and said: "By coincidence, I also found out something related to your mission. Be careful that walls have ears. Come, come back to the inn with me to talk in detail."
The two of them walked through the deserted streets, and soon they came to an inn.
Walking into the guest room, there were two people waiting anxiously.
"master!"
"Master is here."
The attentive apprentice brought two cups of hot food and placed them on the table.
Taking a sip of tea, Bailihuan asked, "Are all the medicinal materials we collected ready?"
"Everything is packed and you can return today."
The disciple glanced at Gu Shengchao and said no more.
Baili Huan introduced: "This is the sworn brother I mentioned to you, Gu Shengchao. You should call him uncle."
"Hello, uncle." The two said in unison.
Looking at his nephew, who was not much younger than himself, Gu Shengchao returned the favor and said, "Cheng Rang, may I ask your surnames?"
"Back to my uncle, my name is Feng Nanjing, and I am my senior brother. His name is Shen Cuo. It is our first time to follow the master to Beihu to collect herbs."
Gu Shengchao was confused: "Brother, Beihu is far away and it is inconvenient to travel. You can just buy from people in Beihu. Why go to all the trouble to pick it yourself?"
"My little brother doesn't know something."
Baili Huan sighed and said: "What we picked is called heartbroken grass. Only the seeds and rhizomes can be used as medicine. A large dose of medicine can make a person die in seven steps of heartbreak, but a small dose can make people feel refreshed and have the ability to go away." The effect of pain and detoxification.”
"At first, we taught the shepherds how to pick, and we just waited for the purchase. However, later, due to the influence of some shepherds' interests, they actually adulterated the medicine. It could easily fail to cure the disease and actually kill the patient. We had no choice but to pick it ourselves to ensure the accuracy of the medicine."
"So that's it." Gu Shengchao understood that in the face of interests, there are always people who don't obey the rules and end up harming others and themselves.
"Brother said just now that he heard something related to our mission. What was it?" This is the most crucial and must not be missed.
Baili Huan picked up the tea cup and said: "We, the poison witch sect, have the same origin and are good at using poison. However, our witch sect takes saving lives and healing the wounded as our own duty, while the poison sect only wants to make money and kill people by doing some unsavory things. In the past few years, We disciples of the Wu sect were picking mandala flowers in the Serang Kingdom, and we had a dispute with the disciples from the inner courtyard of the Yunqi Palace. The elder of the inner courtyard injured someone, and one of my disciples is disabled and has not been able to recover to this day."
"I was wandering around the city during the day, and happened to meet the prince of Sirang King here, accompanied by two elders. I went up to argue, but unexpectedly, elder Yunqi Gongge was so unreasonable that he took advantage of the crowd and started fighting with me. One."
Bailihuan said angrily: "I am no match for Guzhang Nanming. I was so angry that I was going to poison them that night, but I heard them tell a shocking secret. I had a chance to poison them, but then I thought, wouldn't I be able to do it this way? Are you a despicable person like the Poison Sect? I don’t want to be associated with the Poison Sect, so I’m returning.”
"I didn't expect to encounter the entanglement of the Poison Sect again, and then I met my little brother."
"What secret?" Gu Shengchao asked. He knew that it must be related to the mission.
